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Ericnmel99
05-06-2004, 04:49 PM
www.allofmp3.com

Unlike ITunes or any other mp3 site that charges for the song, this site charges you for space. 1 gig of music downloads is $10. That comes out to about .16 cents a song!!!! Now thats cheap as!!

bruce_pwns_j00
05-06-2004, 04:55 PM
Too bad my cheap ass can't break my cheap ass ways and buy an mp3 player.

cruster
05-06-2004, 05:01 PM
Their "Legal" page is a bit ambiguous about what kind of rights they have to "sell" the songs...they say that they are complying with "Russian copyright law" - I'm no copyright expert but it's my understanding that the copyright laws of one country do not transfer into another...I have a feeling what you'd be paying for is about as legal as using LimeWire or KaZaA would be.

eldad9
05-06-2004, 05:04 PM
In soviet russia, MP3s pay for YOU!

Alpha2
05-06-2004, 05:06 PM
I was just about to say what Custer said, there's really no leagal protection from the RIAA, concidering how lax Russian copyright laws seem to be (when you concider half the ROM sites in existance are russian) it kinda makes you wonder how quickly being a cheap ass will result in a lawsuit and hefty fine.

snakeeyez101
05-06-2004, 05:37 PM
pwned.... no not really but nice try anyways.

Ericnmel99
05-07-2004, 09:25 AM
But as long as your going by their rules, doesnt that make it legal? Can the RiAA nail you because the service is from another country??

soulwish2003
05-07-2004, 09:38 AM
But as long as your going by their rules, doesnt that make it legal? Can the RiAA nail you because the service is from another country??

Yes, illegal...

Ericnmel99
05-07-2004, 09:51 AM
So in other words this is a cheap ass bust. Oh well...

FeldBum
05-07-2004, 12:44 PM
Here is a detailed explanation about the legality of allofmp3.com.
Legal? (http://www.museekster.com/allofmp3info.htm)
I have been using it for about 15 months, and I love it. You pick your codec and encoding rate and pay $0.01 per mg, so it's between $.05 and $.10 a song, depending on the quality you want. You can also choose to get songs directly encoded from the original CDs with absolutely no loss in quality. And the site requires no propreitary software--finally. I guess it takes Reds to do it Right.

ww3676
05-07-2004, 01:21 PM
I've been looking for a good pay MP3 site for a while now, and I am joining as soon as I get home from work tonight. The overall combination of value. selection, and music quality is unmatched compared to all of the other major pay MP3 sites out there.
The Reds did indeed get it right!

Ericnmel99
05-07-2004, 02:23 PM
So this site is Ok?? I'm gunna try it out and see what happens. Worst comes to worst I gest sued...I'll blame it on my 7 year old son.

Cornfedwb
05-07-2004, 02:34 PM
Allofmp3 has signed agreements with Russian copyrights holders. They can legally offer music by all artists and from all labels.

note the Russian copyright holders.. should that be true, then yes it is legal for a Russian resident to use this site. If you're in a different country, then no, this doesn't fly. And the link doesn't discuss its legality, just says it is.

Ericnmel99
05-07-2004, 02:37 PM
SO what if I put in some bogus russian address when i sign up?

FeldBum
05-07-2004, 02:50 PM
From that site:

Now lets look at the US law. You can legally acquire music from anyone who has a legitimate right to distribute it. You can buy from a iTunes, because it was licensed by RIAA, you can buy it from Canada, if it is licensed by CRIA, you can buy it from Russia, if it was licensed by ROMS. Now the key difference is that RIAA and CRIA need to obtain licenses from songwriters and artists. ROMS owns rights to intellectual property automatically.

Ericnmel99
05-10-2004, 12:44 PM
Well, I signed up this weekend and I must say this site is great. Very quick downloads, good selection and you cant beat the price compared to the other Pay MP3 sites. I would definatly reccomend it to anyone!!!

ww3676
05-10-2004, 01:01 PM
I just signed up the other day too and it truly is awesome!

AnthonyRoundtree
05-10-2004, 01:16 PM
In soviet russia, MP3s pay for YOU!

ROFLMAO!

eldad9
05-10-2004, 01:30 PM
From that site:

Now lets look at the US law. You can legally acquire music from anyone who has a legitimate right to distribute it. You can buy from a iTunes, because it was licensed by RIAA, you can buy it from Canada, if it is licensed by CRIA, you can buy it from Russia, if it was licensed by ROMS. Now the key difference is that RIAA and CRIA need to obtain licenses from songwriters and artists. ROMS owns rights to intellectual property automatically.

So according to russian law, the russian music industry owns all content created outside russia?

That makes very little sense.

Ericnmel99
05-10-2004, 04:41 PM
Since when does anything in russia make sence? All i know is that i just payed $10 for 160 songs. thats 16 cents a song. Better than paying .99 at Itunes.

Steggy
05-10-2004, 04:44 PM
any mp3s u gotta pay for are bad in my opinion

xboxgamer
05-11-2004, 08:04 PM
can you burn the songs to a cd

Xenomorph
05-13-2004, 07:42 PM
any mp3s u gotta pay for are bad in my opinion

Agreed

Ericnmel99
05-13-2004, 07:47 PM
can you burn the songs to a cd

Yeah once you download them to your pc you can do anything you want with them.