Millions of Dollars are made each year by songwriters whose songs have been turned into ringtones, it would not surprise me if some copyright holder gets paid each time that another alarm or paging system unit gets sold that plays their song. When they came up with the "singing bass" plaques a few years ago, you bet someone got paid for the song snippets on those things. Legally, a business cannot play a radio in their shop unless they pay royalties for the recorded songs the radio station plays. It's also illegal to play a DVD intended for "home viewing only" in a public area. If it was my song, movie, or TV show, you bet I'd want to be paid for its use.