allofmp3.com users, have a look at this

Valentia

Have a look at the news story here.

The end is nigh :rolleyes:

DEmeant0r

Lol, looks like we won't be getting cheap music anymore then

stagolee

im gonna have to download €9.50 of tunes before march 7th so :eek:

stevenmu

They haven't even decided to prosecute yet, let alone decided to close it down. AllOfMP3 seem pretty confident in their assesment of the law, so they could win. Then it'll be up to the lobbyists to get the law changed and they don't really have the same power there that they would here or in the states.

Random

It's always too good to be true

The General

lol @ paying for music

Chalk

wasnt this just some sort of "guilt-free" downloading?

like all the "latest hollywood movies for $10 a month" sites....

radiospan

The General wrote:

lol @ paying for music

Not at allofmp3 though.

They have excellent quality downloads at great prices. I've often been tempted to try this myself, especially for rarer stuff.

RichyX

I'm glad I've almost cleared the place out if this is the case.
They're still constantly updating so at least they haven't given up already.

From reading that it sounds like they're screwed.
"The Russian site claimed it had licenses to do so from a local clearing house", and that's means alot does it?
The labels themselves say no so I'd say it's game over.

The General

plazzTT wrote:

Not at allofmp3 though.

They have excellent quality downloads at great prices. I've often been tempted to try this myself, especially for rarer stuff.

Still i know we shouldnt be, but why pay for something we can get for free

EKRIUQ

That looks like bad news for downloaders, but I'm sure the Russian police force won't like to have been told what to do by america record companies. And if Allofmp3 have a case this could be in the courts for years.

Valentia

I see that their minimum top-up is $50 until tuesday. Looks like they are grabbing as much as they can before they throw in the towel :mad:

sleepwalker

that sucks i got alot of albums from there over the christmas holidays and yes you can get mp3s free but really soulseek/limewire/kazaa are all truely ****e now for getting complete albums quickly and irc/torrents can be very irritating to find specific albums so allofmp3 was great if you were looking for a specific old album as they have such a big database and the albums were under a dollar anyway so it was worth it to be honest

A Dub in Glasgo

Pity about the possible action. I have just cleared my account. I still have $10 in www.mp3search.ru so I'd better get downloading from that site as well just in case.

alleepally

Lads and lassies, don't jumpt the gun. Nothing has happened yet... If it does, then put on the hang dog expression but until that time be happy...

Techless

Is the site mp3search.ru as good? From a quick look it would appear to be cheaper.

A Dub in Glasgo

mp3search is a very good website. You cannot get the different encoding that allof mp3 offered but it has some stuff that is not on allofmp3. I use both to make sure I have as big a catalogue to choose from as possible.

hshortt

I wonder if the news break was made up in order to get more customers in? I know that I've just burned through another 40 dollars worth since last week, in trying to get as much as possible before they go.

karlh

Techless wrote:

Is the site mp3search.ru as good? From a quick look it would appear to be cheaper.

tis the bollo><!

their naming conventions for files give me a bit of a headache getting them onto my player but they generally get great stuff ahead of release and quality is tops!

lomb

hshortt wrote:

I wonder if the news break was made up in order to get more customers in? I know that I've just burned through another 40 dollars worth since last week, in trying to get as much as possible before they go.

its all illegal, u are better going to p2p services getting it if u have the time/ patience. dont be deluded to think the copyrightholders will receive a cent for anything u buy there.

vigos

you can still sign up for less than $50 dollars if you chose to use the xrost card on the payments section. I prefer to use this one anyway because you can use PayPal

LegacyUser

ah fcuk!

i've been using allofmp3 for about 2 years, great little site.

better get downloading.

zAbbo

what a bunch of noobs

paying for mp3's, what next

Valentia

bazH wrote:

what a bunch of noobs

paying for mp3's, what next

Deep breath :eek:

Your sig says it all

case_sensitive

Allofmp3 was a great find about a year ago, I've spent the best part of $100 all told, well worth it in my opinion. I've used P2P software from Napster 1.0 to AudioGalaxy, Morpheus, Kazaa, Limewire, but nothing compares to the assurance of clicking buy these songs, and letting the Allofmp3 Explorer download, rename (karlhoff take note) and organise into folders. It's almost as seamless as the iTMS, but heaps cheaper.
I'm emptying my account too, who'd have thought I wanted some of the stuffi in my queue now?

I agree, minimum top-ups are an ominous sign, but I'm topping up by $10 by paypal (they don't have my CC, harder to track in event of them getting busted).

quarryman

case_sensitive wrote:

Allofmp3 was a great find about a year ago, I've spent the best part of $100 all told, well worth it in my opinion. I've used P2P software from Napster 1.0 to AudioGalaxy, Morpheus, Kazaa, Limewire, but nothing compares to the assurance of clicking buy these songs, and letting the Allofmp3 Explorer download, rename (karlhoff take note) and organise into folders. It's almost as seamless as the iTMS, but heaps cheaper.
.

here here

upmeath

russian police aren't gonna listen to some suit chewing a fat cigar in los angeles or new york. they're just doing it to show they're doing something to counteract illegal downloading, it'll never happen

MisterAnarchy

Case dropped .Great News

'However, the holder of right for these recordings did not authorize to distribute them for commercial purposes. At the same time, the Prosecutor found that the Russian Law on copyright does not qualify Internet in legal terms, whereas the authors’ property rights are extended to distribution of copies of their works by any means.

Along with that, the Prosecutor says that from judicial point of view, distribution of any works via Internet is impossible because it would be a digital transfer, whereas the current Russian legislation necessitates corporeal transfer of works only. Besides that, the Prosecutor concluded that, distribution of works does not result in making a new copy of the work, but only creates conditions for being utilized by end consumer. On these grounds, the Prosecutor’s Office in Moscow’s South-Western district rejected initiation of a criminal case against the Internet resource officials due to absence of corpus delicti. '

Jabbathegut

See http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/11455 for further info

Acerferrari3200

On February 2004 the Computer Crimes division of Moscow City Police recommended that prosecutors initiate a criminal lawsuit against AllofMP3.com, a Russian music site selling MP3 downloads by the megabytes. The investigation was initially launched at the request of IFPI Moscow. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry previously sued a similar Spanish project, with PureTunes.com settling with the industry for $10 million.

The case of AllofMP3.com was further complicated by compulsory licensing, adopted by Russian legislature. Compulsory licensing stipulates that licenses should be issued in non-discriminatory manner to anyone who wants to get one on reasonable terms. Russian Multimedia and Network Society was in charge of establishing the reasonable terms, and according to Russian legislation, anyone could distribute music, provided they track downloads and pay back some nominal fee. This is very different from the legislature in the United States, where a music distributor would have to gain a license before selling any music online, and furthermore, could be denied such license for whatever reasons.

On March 4th prosecutor’s office of Moscow’s Southwestern region refused to charge AllofMP3.com in a criminal lawsuit. What’s interesting is that AllofMP3.com did not win the case due to the compulsory licensing legislated in Russia. The prosecutor’s office affirmed that the Russian music site was distributing copyrighted music from its site, and in many cases did not have a proper license to distribute them. Russian criminal law severely punishes attempts to distribute copyrighted music without proper licensing procured first. However, Russian law is quite specific about distribution of material goods, as the law usually applies to CD and DVD pirating.

Moscow prosecutor’s office noted that Russian music site does not distribute material goods, and since is not subject to prosecution under the criminal law. AllofMP3.com distributed digital goods via Internet, of which Russian criminal law says nothing. Moreover, prosecutors arrived at the conclusion that since no physical copies of the goods are delivered to the customer, AllofMP3.com can be treated as a service where site visitors can listen to the music. (The fact that it’s more than possible to burn an MP3 to an audio CD apparently escaped law enforcement).

AllofMP3.com cannot be charged for piracy, prosecutors ruled, under the current criminal law. Which does not prevent musicians and labels from launching civil lawsuits for cases where AllofMP3.com sold copyrighted music and did not pay back the copyright holders. This is the most likely development for label lawsuits in the future, but they will be quite difficult to win if AllofMP3.com can prove it made all the necessary payments to ROMS. Another way, of couse, would be to change the current criminal law to introduce DMCA-like clauses that specifically relate digital distribution and distribution of physical goods. It’s no coincidence that Russian office of IFPI is located in Moscow’s Tverskaya Street, which is also the address for the parliament of the country.

EKRIUQ

Whoopee, because I had $4 credit left

RichyX

I used up all my credit on stuff I didn't even want last night.
Then 5 minutes later I found they had Hope of the States on there, thankfully I can still get it on the cheap now

lad12

Looks like its in the clear

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4328269.stm

Acerferrari3200

:cool:
By Tony Smith (tony.smith at theregister.co.uk)
Published Monday 7th March 2005 14:52 GMT

Russian prosecutors have decided they are unable to take legal action against controversial online music provider Allofmp3.com - despite the music service's lack of sufficient licences to offer the content it does.

Last week, the Moscow Southwest regional prosecutor's office said no criminal indictment could be brought against the music seller because it has not violated Russia's copyright law, a local blogger has reported (http://moskalyuk.com/blog/allofmp3com-escapes-criminal-lawsuit-for-now/475).
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Yes, AllofMP3.com offers copyright music. No, it does not always have the prior permission of the copyright holder to do so. But Russian law was written to prevent CD and DVD piracy - copyright infringement through a physical medium. Its online manifestation was not something taken into account by legislators.

AllofMP3.com has won the support of many music buyers by offering songs very, very cheaply. It charges not on a per-track basis, as other services do, but on a per-megabyte scheme. Tracks are available in a broad array of formats, from AIFF to MP3, AAC, Ogg, WMA etc, encoded on the fly at any bitrate the user chooses. The higher the level of compression, the lower the audio quality, but ipso facto, the more you can download for the same amount of money.

And silly amounts of money at that: $5 for 500MB of music.

AllofMP3.com maintains what it's doing is legal, under the terms of a licence granted to it by the Russian copyright licensing authorities. Essentially, it can transmit CD content without first gaining the authorisation of the copyright owner, provided it makes a nominal payment for the privilege, which it claims it does. It says its distribution of tracks across the Internet of digital audio files is equivalent to a broadcaster or a cable company transmitting songs as part of their programming.

Last month, the computer crime division of the Moscow City Police began an investigation into AllofMP3.com's activities after receiving a complaint from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The police referred the case to the Prosecutor's Office with the request that the Internet site be brought to book.

However, because the site is not involved in the physical distribution of unauthorised copies of the songs it offers, it can't be put on trial for breaking Russia's copyright law, the Prosecutor's Office said last week.

The IFPI has already admitted that AllofMP3.com is operating within a loophole in Russian law, and that a successful prosecution would be unlikely.

alleepally

See, ye were all anticipating bad news and making yourselves miserable before the outcome.... silly boys and girls.

A Dub in Glasgo

I have just put $25 back in

Valentia

What's that I see? Neil Young dripping in! Oh I love it!

Come on ya ruskies

case_sensitive

Can't believe I dropped $4.30 on Genesis's greatest hits.
Damn panic buying.

Genghis

case_sensitive wrote:

Can't believe I dropped $4.30 on Genesis's greatest hits.
Damn panic buying.

*Shakes Head* Things were NEVER that bad, case_sensitive.

Acerferrari3200

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllOfMP3.com

Kenny_D

Since when was the paypal payment down. I dont want to give them my credit card details. If I cant use paypal I dont think I will use them

A Dub in Glasgo

At least 5 months

John R

GStormcrow wrote:

Since when was the paypal payment down. I dont want to give them my credit card details. If I cant use paypal I dont think I will use them

You can pay them from paypal using xrost http://www.xrost.com/?page=main

EKRIUQ

I've being using them with my credit card since last year no problem and will continue using them. There selection of up to date cd's is getting better every month its a great site.

mollser

My Allofmp3 explorer won't load since the last update I think (Sun / Mon). Anyone else having same problem?

vigos

its working fine for me

herobear

i downloaded some stuff using the pre-paid credit they give you when you sign up, but the files automatically saved themselves as .m3u files(which i cant play on my iriver) any idea how i can convert them to mp3's ?

jor el

.m3u is a playlist. Are you sure you downloaded the song and not a streaming version?

Lord Nikon

So, does this mean that www.mp3search.ru is legal too? Cuase I have only started using them.