jstnomega on 16/6/2006 at 02:31
If we purchase digital music d/l's from (
http://www.allofmp3.com/) & such like, are we still exposed to RIAA harassment? Anyone know?
(I can live w/prices like these - Zappa's Freak Out for $1.68 sounds about right - but a no-contest $2.5 - $4K settlement w/the RIAA kind of takes the shine off such price structure.):p
MOD'S: If this too close to the edge, please delete w/o prejudice. I dunwanna start another war of words re pirating. I just wanna know if such purchase provides any kind of reasonable cover from RIAA harassment.
system shocker on 16/6/2006 at 03:09
allofmp3.com is entirely pirated. They have made no deals with any music companies and only buy the original cds and than charge everyone.
Aja on 16/6/2006 at 04:06
Quote:
The availability over the Internet of the ALLOFMP3.com materials is authorized by the license # LS-3М-05-03 of the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society (ROMS) and
ding ding ding
Stitch on 16/6/2006 at 04:38
Aja points out why AllofMP3.com is (questionably) legit.
From a moral standpoint, however, you're better off just stealing the music instead of paying someone else to steal it for you.
metal dawn on 16/6/2006 at 04:49
Somewhere, I heard the RIAA's acronym parodied in a particular way; something like:
Raping Individuals of America in the Ass
or maybe
Raping the Independence of America in the Ass.
Either way, it was something angry and radical, but it gave me a decent laugh regardless.
David on 16/6/2006 at 06:23
This article on the BBC has some interesting points: (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5061610.stm) 'Illegal' MP3 site defends itself
Quote:
In a statement, the site's owners said they operate "in full compliance with all Russian laws".
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Roms says the Russian constitution gives it the right to license music to allofmp3.com, even if it has not obtained permission from the copyright holders.
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But the International Federation of the Phonographic Industries (IFPI) says Roms has "no rights from the record companies whatsoever to license these pieces of music".
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The IFPI warns consumers that even if Roms was a legitimate organisation, which its believes it is not, it would still be illegal to download songs from allofmp3.com outside of Russia.
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"If a website wants to avoid being subject to the laws of another country, it has to take steps not to sell in that country," said Robertson, who is a senior associate with international law firm Pinsent Masons.
Briareos H on 16/6/2006 at 07:00
Exactly. Even if Russian laws protects this 'licencing' and distribution inside the country, such laws are not applicable in other countries where Copyright applies and distribution outside Russia should be blocked.
When you buy something from another country, the laws of the considered country apply to the seller and the laws of your country apply to you. To the eyes of your government, you did not buy a valid licence to listen to that music and it is therefore illegal. (To the lawyers out there : confirm/deny). ALLOFMP3 should be more clear and at least state on the website something like : "Warning to customers outside Russia, check the copyright laws of your country before buying, you may be doing something illegal by downloading from this site."
With that in mind, you're better off pirating the albums you want :p
doctorfrog on 16/6/2006 at 08:40
Quote Posted by jstnomega
If we purchase digital music d/l's from (
http://www.allofmp3.com/) & such like, are we still exposed to RIAA harassment? Anyone know?
My guess is that, if RIAA addresses this issue at all, they will issue an 'amnesty' notice, in which people can voluntarily admit to having the tracks and either deleting them or obtaining them in a legal manner. Most likely, they'll pretend the issue doesn't exist, yet hint strongly that they have access to user information so as to maintain a menacing stance. Either way, they'll have paper to rattle in someone's direction somewhere, winning friends and admirers the whole time.
Also,
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http://www.kommersant.com/photo/300/News/2005/12/27/R2003093007F_l.jpgPara?noid on 16/6/2006 at 09:20
NO YOUR HONOUR, WASHING MACHINE *WAS* A TERRIBLE FUCKING ALBUM AND IF THE JURY CAN'T SEE THAT THEN THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO CALL DAYDREAM NATION THE ALTERNATIVE SOUNDTRACK TO A GENERATION
OrbWeaver on 16/6/2006 at 09:54
It depends entirely on the laws of your own country when you download. In some countries, downloading for personal use is legal no matter what, in others you are committing an offense by downloading even if the site has a licence to distribute in its own country.
