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AllOfMP3.com’s piracy ship finally sunk?
By Stevie Smith Jul 4, 2007, 13:42 GMT
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This is absolutely hysterical. I wonder how many millions the labels spent in 'backhanders' to get this site shut down.
The money was completely wasted. Closing AllOfMp3.com hasn't even slowed the Russian parent company down.
Even the users have not been affected; account details and logins have been transferred to the new site (mp3sparks.com). Well my account has anyway; I just topped it up this morning.
Hey there! Mr corporate suit wearing major label executive guy, I am laughing at you and your new millennium 'sales strategy'.
It'll be a cold day in hell before I ever buy any of your companies 'product' again (there are millions of others who feel the same). Think about that while you are looking for a new job.
God forbid that prices were reasonable so people had didn't have to go to Russia to find a fair deal.
I don't advocate stealing anything, but then again, I don't advocate illegal price fixing such as the major music labels have engaged in, either. (Funny how they fail to mention that as often as they yammer on about 'Illegal music downloading', isn't it?)
I wish the idiots would simply make CDs available for download for a reasonable price, and without 'You can't use this file anywhere else' DRM nonsense.
When I walk into a store and see the CD I want for $16 or $17, I think 'Pfffffft!' and walk away. Then, I think about visiting sites like mp3sparks.com.
There will always be alternatives, even if Mp3Sparks closes down too: there is a huge list of sites similar to AllOfMP3 at www.songboom.com that explains the differences between them all with a side-by-side comparison.
Funny how, when there's some huge, profit-making industry involved, legal action against illegal activities can cross geographical boundaries so quickly.
eMusic.com is totally legal and offers monthly subscriptions for 1/4 the cost of iTunes. But since the major labels want more money, eMusic mostly carries underground stuff.
Stick it to the big record labels AND stay legal with eMusic.
The saga of Allofmp3 is quite well known at this point. The company that was apparently following the laws of Russia for licensing music made a name for itself selling DRM-free music at very reasonable points. But AllOfMp3 is not lost forever. They have setup at least half-a-dozen other sites all utilizing the same music catalog, accounting system and website, albeit with a different design in each case. i write wides articles hubpages.com/hub/russianmp3site.. about 18 sites like allofmp3.
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