AllofMP3 is not dead yet

Author: Brett Thomas
Published: 1st December 2006
Comments (17) Stumble
"I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll blow your rights away" - Somehow, AllofMP3 is still standing.

"I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll blow your rights away" - Somehow, AllofMP3 is still standing.

Some days, you get out of bed, go to do your thing, turn on the computer and are greeted with something that just makes you smile. Today is one of those days. Because despite the RIAA's best attempts, AllofMP3 is going nowhere soon.

The discontinuation of Russia's piracy sites, of which AllofMP3 was named specifically, was to be a requirement if the country wished to join the WTO. Unfortunately for the RIAA, the site has some pretty good lawyers - and the results have been interesting, to say the least.

First of all, the site is functioning perfectly under Russian law. It sends 15% of its profits to the Russian Organization for Multimedia and Digital Systems (ROMS), which is the extent of its liability. From there, ROMS will distribute those royalties to the proper artists upon being contacted and given proof of copyright. A copyright holder can also request not to have tracks sold by sending a letter to AllofMP3, which would then take those particular tracks down.

Of course, nobody has bothered to write. At all. AllofMP3 has not heard from any content holders, and ROMS has not received a single request to distribute royalties. In fact, AllofMP3 hasn't heard from anyone, even the regulatory agencies that are supposedly trying so hard to shut it down both in the US and in Russia.

Studios are claiming it's because they don't wish to "legitimise AllofMP3," but I have a different theory. Could it be that people are just too lazy to get their money, since it's not automatically sent to them like it is in America and the UK?

Sing us your song on the state of AllofMP3 in our forums.
Asus EeePC now at Misco
Quote Cthippo 1st December 2006, 15:00
The reports of my death continue to be vastly over-stated :D

Woo Hoo, go AOMP3!!!
Quote DXR_13KE 1st December 2006, 15:01
good news, very good news indeed.
Quote Bladestorm 1st December 2006, 15:08
I like it :D

So the big companies "I wont possibly deal with these "pirates"" policy has backfired ?
Quote iwantmymp3 1st December 2006, 17:18
I just logged on to download music there and got this messge:

Ordering is temporarily disabled

We are sorry, but the ordering is currently disabled.

The site is undergoing scheduled maintenance. Please check back later.
Quote Tyinsar 1st December 2006, 17:19
Quote:
Originally Posted by Article
In fact, AllofMP3 hasn't heard from anyone, even the regulatory agencies that are supposedly trying so hard to shut it down both in the US and in Russia.
:| Wouldn't that be a logical first step? :(

Quote specofdust 1st December 2006, 17:31
Good triumphing over evil? How unlikely. W00t for now.
Quote trailblazer 1st December 2006, 17:45
Apparently one of the conditions agreed for the Russians being accepted in to the WTO was that all pirate music sites, and they included ALLofmp3 in that, be shut down by june 2007. It seems they are not doing anything illegal,(so are they "pirate") they have a system to pay royaltys etc. The link to the original article explains it.
Quote fini 1st December 2006, 17:45
So, if the RIAA is really bothered, why don't they just get all the artists they cover to write to the site asking for all their music to be taken down thus giving allofmp3 nothing to sell? The RIAA really are hard to fathom sometimes.

fini
Quote iwantmymp3 1st December 2006, 17:51
So, ARE they down now?? I hadn't checked since last week. I have some money there (not a lot) and some music I really want. I do NOT want to give my money to itunes...
Quote Breach 1st December 2006, 17:53
This isnt about the royalties, this is about the RIAAs blind quest to conquer music downloading and piracy to stick to it's old and busted business model. They can control CDs, but not music sites.

Seems like they are just trying to shut it down just because, as they have not heard from anyone who has a problem with allofmp3.
Quote trailblazer 1st December 2006, 17:59
It's like a catch 22. They don't want to be seen dealing with ALLofmp3 for fear of legitimizing it, at the same time ALLof mp3 are saying they need to deal with them so they can take those artists down. All this is getting interesting, the Russians do not like being told what to do in their own country by anyone else, so the issue could become less important than the principle.
Quote r4tch3t 1st December 2006, 22:00
The RIAA wants them down, and obviously the artists don't mind as they haven't sent any letters, so its just the RIAA being, well, EVIL.

And I refuse to make RIAA a word in my dictionary, you can stay with that red squiggly underline for all I care.
Quote Cthippo 1st December 2006, 23:15
Seem to still be up. I see they have added a blog page about various **AA / IP issues on the page. They need to do a forum as well. I can see AOMP3 becoming a clearing house for information and action to change IP law ;)
Quote JADS 2nd December 2006, 00:25
Yay I can continue to enjoy my 20% bonus!
Quote ralph.pickering 4th December 2006, 22:49
Not that I want (or rather would be seen to be wanting) slow painful death for the RIAA and its associates, but why oh why aren't the music biz bigwigs receiving a dose of Russian radioactive loving instead of some talkative ex spy? Completely screwed up priorities, that's what I think.
Quote Tyinsar 5th December 2006, 00:02
Nah, The **AA makes money for the USA so it's protected.

Besides - All countries follow proper legal procedures when it comes to spies and terrorists .oO( )
Quote landi_uk 5th December 2006, 09:09
I have heard that AllofMP3 no longer accepts UK credit cards, can anyone confirm this ?
Log in

You are not logged in, please login with your forum account below. If you don't already have an account please register to start contributing.



Nvidia 9800GX2


Foxconn - A79A-S Motherboards
Stats: 0.154 seconds