AllofMP3.com Stakes Get Higher

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/01/world/europe/01cnd-mp3.html?ex=1306814400&en=1b9a6516e44ba11e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss' target='_blank'>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/01/world/europe/01cnd-mp3.html?ex=1306814400&en=1b9a6516e44ba11e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Rising consumer popularity is turning AllofMP3.com, a music downloading service based in Moscow, into a global Internet success story, except for one important detail: The site may well be illegal. So great is the official level of concern about AllofMP3 that American trade negotiators darkly warned that the Web site could jeopardize Russia's long-sought entry into the World Trade Organization. Operating through what music industry lobbyists say is a loophole in Russia's copyright law, AllofMP3 offers a vast catalogue of music that includes artists who have not permitted their work to be sold online — like the Beatles and Metallica — at a fraction the cost of services like Apple Computer's iTunes service."</i><br /><br />The story continues to evolve - I have a strong feeling the Russian government is going to step in shortly to drop the hammer on AllofMP3.com if it's going to impact larger issues.

[David Horn]

Sadly, the record companies don't seem to be catching onto the fact that the reason so many people use AllOfMP3 is because the songs are:

a) high quality in a format of your choice
b) un-DRM'd
c) cheap

I don't use it so c) doesn't really bother me, but if a Western store could provide a wide choice of music in an unprotected format (MP3 or WMA), at a reasonable price, they'd pull the plug out from AllOfMP3 with no messy legal battles.

[Phronetix]

[Comment edited by writer] Dennis ;-)

[Gary Sheynkman]

heh

good job NYT and DMT

Now there are thousands more customers for that site! :lol:

They are so busy their server is lagging like no tomorrow

hah


just :lol: funny observation

[ctmagnus]

Dang. Time to use up my credit. I suspect they won't return it should it be shutdown.

You have an iPod. Do you know if any of the formats that AllofMP3.com supports support album art on photo/video iPods, or do you not have one of those models?

When I rip CDs myself, I prefer to use Exact Audio Copy (www.exactaudiocopy.de) and then RazorLame (http://www.dors.de/razorlame/) to do it. Unfortunately, I don't get album art with this process. I'd be willing to give AllofMP3 a whirl, but I'd prefer if I could get album art with their MP3-format downloads.