Ringtones ruled NOT copyright infringement

Random piece of music-related news for you today: ASCAP apparently was trying to squeeze even more royalties from ringtones than they already receive by saying that a ringtone is a "public performance." Luckily the judge shot them down. I have to say, I think that was one of the dumbest lawsuits in music history because first off, we already pay for ringtones, and do they expect us to pay every time a ringtone is played? Because then nobody would purchase ringtones. Secondly, it HELPS the artist for their song to be played randomly in public like that where people who might not have heard it can hear it. Thank goodness the judge deemed that mobile phones are not portable concert halls and are therefore not subject to the same royalties. Freaking ASCAP man, the more I hear about them, the less I think they are actually helping the artists who they are supposed to be serving.