allofmp3.com Gone??

zuma · 15-05-2006 09:33PM

DonnybrookGhost wrote:

Sounds like a very good site. When it comes back again I am going to register on it. If I put in €20, how long roughly would that last me?

I think it was 1c US a MByte or have they changed it to 99c US an album now or what?

€20 should get you mabye $23 or so.

Slippin Jimmy · 15-05-2006 09:35PM

zuma wrote:

€20 should get you mabye $23 or so.

Thats grand, thanks. Do they accept 3v cards?

Zaph · 15-05-2006 10:33PM

It's $0.02 per MB, an average album will be somewhere around $1.50 - 1.80. No idea about 3V cards but the best and most secure way to pay on it is to buy the prepaid XRost cards. You can use Paypal to buy them, which you can't do directly on Allofmp3 - you have to use your credit card, and buying the prepaid card also gets you a 10% bonus.

byte · 15-05-2006 10:54PM

zuma wrote:

Which one?

I've had easynews for a couple of months now....but its difficult to find full compilations.Which Newsgroups would you use for albums etc....alt.binaries.mp3 or what?

I use Newzbin.com in conjunction with EasyNews. Great combination for all those Linux ISO's out there!

mobby · 15-05-2006 11:06PM

Not looking good.:mad:

http://www.betanews.com/article/AllofMP3_Goes_Offline_Future_Uncertain/1147717756

Andy-Pandy · 16-05-2006 12:55AM

Indeed

http://digg.com/music/The_End_of_ALLOFMP3.com_

This sounds a bit more promising

http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1187

Colly · 16-05-2006 09:39AM

Snippets from the article, this article is as much speculation as the negative one so all we can do is assume the service will return and most likely some of there servers were taken again and they will host them elsewhere. The tactic of the music industry is most likely to keep trying to impact the level of service allofmp3 provide to frustrate their customers.

“As far as we know the site is genuinely down for repair,” an IFPI spokesperson told Slyck.com. “Russian authorities had ordered the seizure of some of the site’s servers a couple of weeks ago, but it switched to new servers and the service carried on.”

Although there's an ongoing case against AllofMp3.com, the service appears safe for now. A request for comment from the administration of AllofMp3.com was not immediately returned at time of publication

The IFPI filed a complaint against AllofMp3.com in February of 2005; however their attempt lost steam when Vladimir Dragunov, the IFPI’s legal advisor in Russia, warned the IFPI “don’t have much chance of succeeding” if they attacked the digital music retailer. Moscow later dropped the charges against AllofMp3.com.

Siogfinsceal · 16-05-2006 09:59AM

allofmp3 is the only thing I know how to use for getting mp3s on the iriver !! they better not have closed cos they owe me money then ive a fiver balnce on my acct with them as im sure plenty of other users do!!

Red Alert · 16-05-2006 10:59AM

I'd never heard of the site till now...

I think we should bring up the IRMA issue at the next general election. There are more people with Broadband in ireland than people who love IRMA, and the TD's need to be informed of this fact.

r3nu4l · 16-05-2006 11:19AM

Well the site is currently legal under Russian law and so is legal to downlaod from. However, Putin has promised to clean up Russian copyright law so the future is hazy at best.

Personally, I always add about $10 and use it all within a day, just in case the site is taken down. Durrently my balance is $0 so I'm happy about that but would of course love to have the site back

thebaz · 16-05-2006 12:42PM

my worry about this site, is that as you have to pay using credit card, you record your details of the purchase . So if "Music copyright Association or whoever" come after illegal downloaders , they will have a record of your purchase of illegal goods. This cant happen on peer to peer sites , as you don't pay . Maybe i'm just getting paranoid .

JimiMac · 16-05-2006 01:01PM

It's back on.
For those who haven't used it, I have used it several times over the last few months and have had no problems.

starman100 · 16-05-2006 02:51PM

It's back up but not taking orders at present.....

Blisterman · 16-05-2006 02:57PM

It wont let me order anything.

WizZard · 16-05-2006 03:42PM

It's back fully http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/16/allofmp3_shut_down/

The Register wrote:

The IFPI tried to take action against the site last year but failed because it does not break Russian laws, nor is it illegal to import music from the site into many countries.

Slippin Jimmy · 16-05-2006 07:04PM

I wanted to register a accout. But they are not accepting payments. Anyone know why this might be?

John R · 16-05-2006 07:23PM

Hmm, this looks familiar.

http://www.mp3stor.com

fjon · 16-05-2006 07:52PM

John R wrote:

Hmm, this looks familiar.

http://www.mp3stor.com

So does this:

http://www.alltunes.com/en-download.shtml

The website is down though. Wonder will this be a new version of the allofmp3 explorer? It could expain the downtime...

DMC · 16-05-2006 08:06PM

It is possible that they have the main site back, but the ordering server is still off.... there are a couple of dollars left on my account...

John R · 16-05-2006 08:14PM

fjon wrote:

So does this:

http://www.alltunes.com/en-download.shtml

The website is down though. Wonder will this be a new version of the allofmp3 explorer? It could expain the downtime...

That's been on the main site for months now, it seems to be a differently branded version of the explorer program.

The site I linked to is not connected though but it does have a very similar appearance.

Fighting Irish · 17-05-2006 02:17AM

zuma wrote:

Which one?

I've had easynews for a couple of months now....but its difficult to find full compilations.Which Newsgroups would you use for albums etc....alt.binaries.mp3 or what?

have you got a newzbin.com account?

i rarely download albums

Slippin Jimmy · 17-05-2006 07:34AM

What are peoples general opinions on this site. Is it worth using?

Lump · 17-05-2006 09:28AM

It's great! I don't see any reason not to trust it... pity ordering still isn't available

I want to download some stuff.

John

JimiMac · 17-05-2006 06:16PM

Lump wrote:

It's great! I don't see any reason not to trust it... pity ordering still isn't available I want to download some stuff.

John

ditto.

DMC · 17-05-2006 06:24PM

Bit of an update when you try to order....

allofmp3.com wrote:

Ordering is temporarily not available.
The site is undergoing some technical restructuring.
We work hard to resume the service. We expect to put back all the functions shortly.
Please, accept our appologies for this ongoing disruption.

Gandhi · 17-05-2006 06:30PM

It looks like they have a link on the front page to a beta version of a new download client (alltunes). They could be just adding in and testing the server-side support for this.

Unless that link has been there for months and I never noticed it.

<Edit>Just saw the post mentioning that this has been up there for months. Never mind.</Edit>

Kingp35 · 18-05-2006 05:34PM

Back up and running fully again. I just got myself a couple of albums there

thebaz · 18-05-2006 06:18PM

i wonder will alltunes allow iPod connectivity , where you can sync songs in your tunes library ?
looks very similar to itunes, which makes uploading your music to an ipod a doddle .
Still wary of handing over my credit card details to allofmp3 accound .

fjon · 18-05-2006 07:38PM

thebaz wrote:

i wonder will alltunes allow iPod connectivity , where you can sync songs in your tunes library ?
looks very similar to itunes, which makes uploading your music to an ipod a doddle .
Still wary of handing over my credit card details to allofmp3 accound .

Looks like you can download it now - give it a try!
Looks like a fancier version of the explorer. The preview option still seems tobe broken though

DMC · 18-05-2006 07:43PM

Working here... slowly...

allofmp3.com Gone??

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