It seems that the Russian Authorities have declared that allofmp3.com is legal and no action, at least for a couple of years, will be taken against the site. Of course the service may not be legal in your country so check before using it. The Register writes:
Yes, AllofMP3.com offers copyright music. No, it does not always have the prior permission of the copyright holder to do so. But Russian law was written to prevent CD and DVD piracy - copyright infringement through a physical medium. Its online manifestation was not something taken into account by legislators.
AllofMP3.com maintains what it's doing is legal, under the terms of a licence granted to it by the Russian copyright licensing authorities. Essentially, it can transmit CD content without first gaining the authorisation of the copyright owner, provided it makes a nominal payment for the privilege, which it claims it does. It says its distribution of tracks across the Internet of digital audio files is equivalent to a broadcaster or a cable company transmitting songs as part of their programming.
More on the development can be found here.
Yes, AllofMP3.com offers copyright music. No, it does not always have the prior permission of the copyright holder to do so. But Russian law was written to prevent CD and DVD piracy - copyright infringement through a physical medium. Its online manifestation was not something taken into account by legislators.
AllofMP3.com maintains what it's doing is legal, under the terms of a licence granted to it by the Russian copyright licensing authorities. Essentially, it can transmit CD content without first gaining the authorisation of the copyright owner, provided it makes a nominal payment for the privilege, which it claims it does. It says its distribution of tracks across the Internet of digital audio files is equivalent to a broadcaster or a cable company transmitting songs as part of their programming.
More on the development can be found here.
I was worried about using AllofMP3 for a long time -- a lot of these overseas companies dealing in semi-legal import/exports are shell companies or scams.
But AllofMP3 has withstood the test of time, and I've been using it for a while with no problems. So it's great that the Russian authorities aren't going to take it down. But I wonder how long it'll be before the U.S. blocks the site, the way they blocked the import of YesSmoke cigarettes.
And is it possible that U.S. citizens using the site could be responsible for import taxes or something? It doesn’t seem like it, but if AllofMP3 gets too popular, there will certainly be ramifications at some point.
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