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Russia agrees to crackdown on Allofmp3 as part of their entrance requirements into the WTO:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/28/ru ... lofmp3com/
http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Document_Lib ... 1_9980.pdf

It's about time. What's the point of using AllofMp3? Is it just a way for people to get music cheap without the guilt of stealing off BitTorrent? The artists don't get jack from AllofMp3, and it was never exactly legal in the US anyway.

excuse my ignorance but wont the owners just up and move their servers to another country though?

Wally Balljacker wrote:It's about time. What's the point of using AllofMp3? Is it just a way for people to get music cheap without the guilt of stealing off BitTorrent? The artists don't get jack from AllofMp3, and it was never exactly legal in the US anyway.

If you turn it around, AllofMp3 had way better audio quality than say iTunes, and sure artists may not get cash from it, but consumers didn't get fucked in the ass with DRM.

I am all for paying artists for their music, but I won't as long as both the recording companies nor the artists respect, what I consider to be, my consumers rights and fair use rights.

In my opinion Allofmp3.com did everything right except one thing, pay the artists fairly. This was the only commercial service that worked with Linux that provided "mainstream artists."

If AOM said they would have to charge more for a song, like maybe $0.50 or $0.99 I would use them no problem, provided their service remained the same.

It really stinks that a model good for the consumer is shutdown while models that cater only to the RIAA and providers thrive.

dann wrote:In my opinion Allofmp3.com did everything right except one thing, pay the artists fairly. This was the only commercial service that worked with Linux that provided "mainstream artists."

If AOM said they would have to charge more for a song, like maybe $0.50 or $0.99 I would use them no problem, provided their service remained the same.

It really stinks that a model good for the consumer is shutdown while models that cater only to the RIAA and providers thrive.

Exactly. Hopefully someone else will take their bussiness model and make it legal, I have actually thought about starting a legal version but I have far from the amount of resources to do that right now.

CptnObvious999 wrote:Exactly. Hopefully someone else will take their bussiness model and make it legal, I have actually thought about starting a legal version but I have far from the amount of resources to do that right now.

The problem is that the record labels will not sell their music online without DRM on it, because everybody is thieves you know. We're all gonna buy one album and sell it on the streets of Asia!

To hell with the record companies. I'll just keep buying my CDs at garage sales. That is, until the lawmakers come to some stupid decision, like people who sell their old CDs in garage sales are criminals, too.

Judland wrote:To hell with the record companies. I'll just keep buying my CDs at garage sales. That is, until the lawmakers come to some stupid decision, like people who sell their old CDs in garage sales are criminals, too.

Unfortunately that probably isn't far off

Tsuroerusu wrote:The problem is that the record labels will not sell their music online without DRM on it, because everybody is thieves you know. We're all gonna buy one album and sell it on the streets of Asia!

Well if you start with indie artists and then gain in popularity and get your own recording studio I think you could capture a lot of artists just starting so they don't have to get screwed by working with the RIAA.

Judland wrote:To hell with the record companies. I'll just keep buying my CDs at garage sales. That is, until the lawmakers come to some stupid decision, like people who sell their old CDs in garage sales are criminals, too.

Yeah well, I'd be more worried about when the make it illegal to posses or distribute multimedia-capable devices that do not have "content protection" in them, which would be everything from PCs to servers. I just read a story that basically said that Australia is frighteningly close to this!
Can't wait for the GPLv3.

Tsuroerusu wrote:The problem is that the record labels will not sell their music online without DRM on it, because everybody is thieves you know. We're all gonna buy one album and sell it on the streets of Asia!

Well if you start with indie artists and then gain in popularity and get your own recording studio I think you could capture a lot of artists just starting so they don't have to get screwed by working with the RIAA.[/quote]
Sounds like Magnatune to me.

Judland wrote:To hell with the record companies. I'll just keep buying my CDs at garage sales. That is, until the lawmakers come to some stupid decision, like people who sell their old CDs in garage sales are criminals, too.

Don't worry Judland, I have taken care of reporting you to the RIAA. Now if you could gather a list of cd's you purchased from garage sales, where the garage sale was and who operated the garage sale (name, address, bank account, etc), and the original purchaser of the cd (if different from garage sale operator) then we can begin to untangle this legal mess and make sure the proper monies get collected from all parties.

Remember, the RIAA sells you the service of listening to music on the media they provide. You do not own the music or media. You cannot transfer this service to any other party. Should you no longer wish to partake in the service, then you must either return the media to the RIAA or destroy the media.

Should you elect to return the media, you will be charged a restocking fee.

We thank you for your cooperation.

Judland wrote:To hell with the record companies. I'll just keep buying my CDs at garage sales. That is, until the lawmakers come to some stupid decision, like people who sell their old CDs in garage sales are criminals, too.

Garth Brooks has already spoken against used CD sales, believing that it cuts into his royalty checks. It's not an unrealistic idea for the media companies to go along with, but it'll be pretty difficult to get passed as law even in the US. Not that that will stop the RIAA crazies from trying.

Well the allofmp3.com site is still alive and kicking. They understood the customer's needs : selection of audio format files, sampling rates etc...