I'm no fan of the site; I was referring to the e-zine from which the article was snipped when I said it was 'nice'. Allofmp3.com has been around for some time and anyone who's taken 30 seconds to google around for info knows what they're up to. As far as international copyright holding water, though, one has to ask how much water is held when Russian courts do not recognize -- NOR enforce -- the agreements. In fact, the way I understand it, they've legitimized it, as least within their borders. I've never been interested in mp3 compression at all, nor have I ever bought into the fallacy that anything is 'free' (always taking in the form of downloading that never gives anything to the artist behind the knobs in an already extreme-niche market does nothing to fertilize the field). While I don't consider crappy audio at dirt-cheap rates an 'edge' over higher-priced retailers who are offering the same crappy audio at higher rates, I'm afraid that it is indeed an edge for people with different ears and scruples. And I bet that site hauls in a huge payload every day to prove it. jeff M L wrote:
The copyright of those works still holds water internationally. That's why the labels have the capacity to sue the site. I doubt very much that ALLOFMP3 and this supposed royalty agency is legit. If it was, these agreements would have been in place before the site would have opened. ROMS doesn't appear to have agreements with BMI, ASCAP, SOCAN, etc. which means that their collection is in a vacuum and as such, isn't legitimate on an international level. If they're collecting royalties for the Orb, there's no protocol in place to send that payment to right organization. Surprise surprise! The Russians are selling stuff on the black market.
Don't think for a second that ALLOFMP3 has got an edge on the legitimate e-tailers. You can pay a buck for your album, but don't expect that the artist ever agreed to that.
On 1/19/07, *theREALmxyzptlk* <theREALmxyzptlk@comcast.net <mailto:theREALmxyzptlk@comcast.net>> wrote:
I'm subbed to Big 0 magazine as well; I could never quite figure out how I wound up getting it (which is where the article which was below was snipped), but it's nice.
jeff
Bill Pilkington wrote: > > * ALLOFMP3 SUED BY U.S. RECORD LABELS*
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