James Fee
12-18-2004, 01:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/index.php#allofmp3-doubles-rates-027950' target='_blank'>http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/index.php#allofmp3-doubles-rates-027950</a><br /><br /></div><i>"AllOfMP3, why hast thou forsaken me? These are the plaintive words of a cheapskate who has just learned that his favorite Russian music download service is about to double its rate for music downloads from $0.01 to $0.02 a MB. It's still a fantastic deal—knowing that I'm forcing the starving children of musicians to eat a sour gruel made from the remnants of overstock Amy Grant guitar tab is just a bonus—but it's also twice as expensive, which makes my eye patch droop a little. The company is claiming "new licensing conditions" are forcing their hand. "</i><br /><br />For those who can read Russian, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/4oee6">see for yourself</a>. ;)