AllofMP3.com

abakan

thinking of signing up to this site.
Has anybody had any problems with it, is there addware/spyware?? you can still download music no problem

Ciaran500

Do a search. This has been discussed alot.

PullMyFinger!

Spyware with this site?! :eek:

abakan

do you no the name of the spyware. or what tools remove them??

Zaph

I've used allofmp3 and haven't had any problems with spyware. I actually ran a full PC scan just yesterday with Spybot, Ad-Aware and CWShredder and it came back clean on all 3, if that's any indication.

abakan

seems right. ive been looking around other forums and there has been notting said about spyware.just wanna be sure

Bottle_of_Smoke

As far as i know it's illegal outside russia.... I'm not judging you just letting you know in case you want to sign up for a legal site

abakan

a well, just have to take my chances, i bet your a member.

Delta_ie

It is not illegal outside russia. The website/servers are base in Russia so that is were you are buying the music illegaly under russia copyright law.
There was a court case recently but it was found that the site was legal, but just to be sure do not give them your credit card details use the prepaid card service.

chump

Yea I've used it...

Didn't buy any more credits when it DOUBLED in price (to 2cent a meg) !!! Am as happy getting free music nowadays...

It's an excellent service though.

1 User Name

very good website, never had any problems using it or paying through the prepaid service.

The_Conductor

Its won more than a few court battles, but remains of questionable legality.
Essentially- it is legally working within the confines of Russian law- its legality elsewhere is dependent on local legislation governing a myriad of issues (not just confined to copyright protection, though obviously this would be a big one).

On average it will cost you the guts of 1.50-2.00 US$ per album (at 192 bit)- and it does have loads of hard to find stuff (e.g. I've been looking for World Party stuff for ages, its got it).

So, they are operating legally- however depending on where you are based, use of their service may be breaking the law for an end-user.

Captain Trips

smccarrick wrote:

Its won more than a few court battles, but remains of questionable legality.
Essentially- it is legally working within the confines of Russian law- its legality elsewhere is dependent on local legislation governing a myriad of issues (not just confined to copyright protection, though obviously this would be a big one).

On average it will cost you the guts of 1.50-2.00 US$ per album (at 192 bit)- and it does have loads of hard to find stuff (e.g. I've been looking for World Party stuff for ages, its got it).

So, they are operating legally- however depending on where you are based, use of their service may be breaking the law for an end-user.

I think if i download it from them, I should be allowed if the site itself is legal. For example, if I get on a place and go to St. Petersburg, go to a net cafe and d/l 100 DVDs of MP3s, that is legal.

Why can't I save myself the airfare and do it here?

Fobia

Captain Trips wrote:

I think if i download it from them, I should be allowed if the site itself is legal. For example, if I get on a place and go to St. Petersburg, go to a net cafe and d/l 100 DVDs of MP3s, that is legal.

Why can't I save myself the airfare and do it here?

Though that may seem like a logical arguement, it's not. That's akin to saying "Well, I could go over to Amsterdam and smoke hash, so why not save myself the plane journey and smoke dutch hash over here?".....it's just not the same


I don't know about the legality of the site but I doubt it would have any spyware in it as you're paying for it...

bonzai bob

i use it, it's great, no problems.

The_Conductor

Captain Trips wrote:

Why can't I save myself the airfare and do it here?

Yes, and euthanasia is legal in Switzerland- but you can't do it here (as a couple of rednecks discovered last year....)
Likewise- its legal to have several wives in some countries- that doesn't mean that you can marry several women there and then expect to have those marriages recognised under Irish law.

The least restrictive European laws governing the use of sites such as this site- are in the Netherlands. Their approach is they will not commence legal action against endusers of services such as this one, however they still view the supplier as an illegal entity.

While it may be highly unlikely that you would get into any sort of legal trouble using a service such as this one (providing you made no attempts to further distribute your downloads), it is entirely possible that at some point in the future you may get a demand in the post.

Allofmp3.com have recently implemented a policy of removing the history of people's downloads/purchases from their databases after a period of 30 days (for security reasons according to their webmaster). This is further to the trebbling of their download charges- blamed on a rise in the royalty demands from their equivalent of IRMA. Read between the lines...... Proceed with care, and with your eyes open.

stevenmu

I think that under Irish law, once copyrighted material is legally made available to be downloaded then it's legal to download it, or maybe it's only if the copryright holder makes it available. Either way under Russian law, a central organisation owns all copyrights, they then license AllOfMP3 to distribute the material. It's all perfectly legally provided so I don't see how there can be any problems with downloading. (I think there are laws related to importing copyrighted material but I don't think they apply to downladed digital data).

(AFAIK, IANAL etc etc)

The_Conductor

stevenmu wrote:

I think that under Irish law, once copyrighted material is legally made available to be downloaded then it's legal to download it, or maybe it's only if the copryright holder makes it available. Either way under Russian law, a central organisation owns all copyrights, they then license AllOfMP3 to distribute the material. It's all perfectly legally provided so I don't see how there can be any problems with downloading. (I think there are laws related to importing copyrighted material but I don't think they apply to downladed digital data).

(AFAIK, IANAL etc etc)

There are no problems with downloading it ***within Russian***........

If you would like an oogle at where we stand on copyright laws- here you go:

www.irlgov.ie/bills28/acts/2000/a2800.pdf

or

www.irishstatutebook.ie/2000_28.html

It was only enacted last year, and does contain the following:

"Where a copy, which would otherwise be an infringing copy, is made under this section and is subsequently sold, rented or lent, or offered or exposed for sale, rental or loan, or otherwise made available to the public, it shall be deemed to be an infringing copy for those purposes and for all subsequent purposes.”

I.e. - its illegal.......

stevenmu

Yeah, you seem to be right judging from

Irish Statute Book wrote:

44.—(1) In this Part "infringing copy", in relation to a copyright work, shall be construed in accordance with this section.

(2) A copy shall be an infringing copy—

(a) where the making of it constitutes an infringement of the copyright in the work concerned, or

(b) where it has been or is to be imported into the State, and its making in the State would have constituted an infringement of the copyright in the work concerned, or a breach of an exclusive licence agreement relating to that work

Bri

Out of interest does it work solely through HTTP? I can't FTP etc. from here, so is their 'explorer' thingy likely to not work? Sorry if that's a little vague!

The_Conductor

Bri wrote:

Out of interest does it work solely through HTTP? I can't FTP etc. from here, so is their 'explorer' thingy likely to not work? Sorry if that's a little vague!

It works through whatever your regular browser is- be it IE/Firefox or whatever else. You rightclick on links to the individual files and choose where to save them to....

stevenmu

Bri wrote:

Out of interest does it work solely through HTTP? I can't FTP etc. from here, so is their 'explorer' thingy likely to not work? Sorry if that's a little vague!

Their explorer app works through http, it should work through proxys and firewalls no problem.