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[Dream Logic] Looks like allofmp3.com - that funny Russian site that sold songs at a fraction of the cost of iTunes - is dead. These guys were taking advantage of a loophole in Russian Copyright Law, but apparently the powers that be have shut them down for good - one way or another.
Some related posts from Technorati and Google.
[The Opine] Allof MP3 Down for Good?: We’ve written about AllofMP3 a number of times, including a review of their iTunes-like client software and as part of a general review of downloadable music.AllofMP3 offers DRM-free downloadable music in a variety of differentformats and quality levels, for $0.02 per MB, far below what legitimatemusic services charge.
[Top Music Blog] AllofMP3.com allTunes software for music... : Because AllofMP3.com pays nothing to the music industry and to the artists, because they don’t have any signed contracts with the recording labels like iTunes has (iTunes pays about $0,75 to the recording labels).
[Marjerine.homeip.net] marjerine.homeip.net » Blog Archive » Russian MP3 sales site ...: A Russian company labelled by the music industry as as an “unlawful” operation was nonetheless second only to iTunes as the favoured destination of UK digital music buyers during April 2006, figures from UK-based market watcher XTN Data reveal.
[Moskalyuk.com] >> Are Russian music sites legal? @ Alex Moskalyuk Online: Wall Street Journal today discusses the legal standing of MP3Search.ru and AllofMP3.com, popular online music destinations located in Russia and selling songs for extremely low prices such as 10-15c for a song, while comparable Wal-Mart download price would be at fixed 88c. Wall Street Journal’s verdict is that the sites are not legal to sell their goods in the US, although the offering does sound enticing:
[Digg.com] Russian MP3 sales site AllofMP3.com second only to iTunes: First the encoding on the site (and via their AllofMp3 "explorer" software) went down, then the entire site went down -- I wonder if this has anything do do with the recent "AllofMP3 is more popular than Napster in the UK" announcement noted here....Like, did this mention in the media get them an overwhelming number of visitors, or did some music industry goons hack down the site, or has the legality finally caught up with them...
[Cre8d-design.com] New Zealand’s MP3 woes ”” cre8d design blog: In summary: there’s currently no legal way to buy non-New Zealand music online within New Zealand for iPods. (Yes, you can illegally play around with the formats if you have the right software and convert from WMA and get rid of the DRM.)
[Geekcoefficient.com] Geek Coefficient » Russian MP3 sales site AllofMP3.com second only ...: A Russian company labelled by the music industry as as an “unlawful” operation was nonetheless second only to iTunes as the favoured destination of UK digital music buyers during April 2006, figures from UK-based market watcher XTN Data reveal.
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Posted at May 17, 2006 02:23 AM
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