Amplify Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 by ErnestoAllOfMp3, the popular online music store, has been shut down by the Russian government. Pressure from the United States, and a refusal to enter the World Trade Organisation (WTO) convinced the Kremlin to take the website down for good.Before the shutdown AllOfMP3 had approximately 5 million users who were able to download songs and albums for a fraction of the price from authorized alternatives such as the iTunes Store. MP3s were sold for $0.20 per song, or less.AllOfMP3 has been a thorn in the side of the RIAA and the US government for years. But, it seems like president Putin has some good news to tell Bush today, a mere coincidence of course. It is not clear how effective the shutdown of AllOfMP3 will be. Most users will probably move to MP3sparks, a similar service with a similar setup, launched by the same company. The site is not illegal under Russian law.Last December the Danish ISP “Perspectiv” decided to block access to AllOfMP3 for all their users. In a response, The Pirate Bay, working together with the pro-piracy lobby Piratbyrån, decided to block all Perspektiv’s customers from accessing its site. Not long after that “Perspectiv” reconsidered their position, and their customers were allowed to access the online music store again.My gut feeling says that these “grey market” MP3 sites are just another Hydra.Torrent Freak Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eBait Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Nooooooooooo.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erRor67 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 As stated in the article, just use http://www.mp3sparks.com. Its owned by the same guys who run (ran) allofmp3. It has a very similar layout. And according to one person, usernames, passwords and balances are transfered over. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eBait Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Them is asking for jail right? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 is not russia already in the wto? i guess not. we let china before russia. how freaken stupid. o wonder russia went to hell. f.. you clinton. an any case once allowed into the wto they can allow those sites back up. i dont see how they can kick natins out afterwards. ei china and its wto broken promises.btw i see this as beingn the big push to take all the servers down in russia that riaa and mpaa doesnt like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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