news.yahoo.com — AllOfMp3, a Russian Internet site selling Western pop music at knock-down prices says it will continue its methods even though the United States says it is obstructing Russian accession to the World Trade Organisation.
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cleverboyOct 7, 2006
You know... its interesting. Were it not for the fact that they're taking something that lawfully belongs to someone else and making money off of it, I could probably admire AllofMp3.com's service. As it stands however, if musicians (the vast number that don't subscribe to the myth that they should all make money from performances only) had the bulk of their online fans purchase through AllOfMp3.com, they'd be f**king broke. I could care less about the c**k-fight between the recording industry and pirate sites like AllOfMp3.com (of which the clones still march). Programmers and software publishers have been fighting this war far longer, and their methods have recently begun getting even more draconian with major vendors like Microsoft and Adobe signing on to "activation" schemes to stem the flow of pirated versions of their software. So, no... I don't think piracy or warez sales somehow force digital content publishers to "get it". When are they supposed to take the ball and go home?Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the openness of "trying" something, before deciding to buy it... but to think that creators have a right not to have their representatives ridiculed and defied for doing their jobs. If I'm a musician, and I choose to get promoted by giving my song away to certain people... that's my choice. If people start setting up "pirate" houses, like the outfits in Russia and China... only "virtual", and start re-distributing my work without compensation... I've a right to be upset... as much as those that represent and manage my music.Music is one of the most powerful and moving expressions of humanity on the face of the Earth. It'd be nice to think we existed in some wonderful wilderness of oral tradition where we share songs freely and no one cares about compensation and everyone had a "real" job... but it ain't so. As an illustrator, I'm happy about all the family and friends who have original artwork of mine. If they went around running off copies for hundreds of thousands of people... it kind of changes things. If a company like AllOfMp3.com started offering downloads for books and videos and saying they were paying 2 cents a piece to some Russian organization that could give two s**ts... I'm sure it'd be as popular as sin, but it still... still... still... doesn't make them right.
Closed AccountOct 7, 2006
@Cooperjones"Let's see. Hate is the ultimate form of disrespect. So hate would be murder. Hate would also be stealing. Hate would also be corrupting what is a sacred act between two loving people, i.e. porn."You have a somewhat.... customized definition of hate. Try this one on for size:hate /heɪt/ verb, hat‧ed, hat‧ing, noun–verb (used with object)1.
cooperjonesOct 7, 2006
Americruzan0Yeah, nobody can figure anything moral or legal out because it's so difficult. Look, stealing is stealing, whether you are Russian, British, Chinese, or American. Easy, ain't it? Is that too racist for you Americruzan0? Still waiting to see if you're out of high school yet or not
donvetoOct 7, 2006
Ya Toja
Closed AccountOct 8, 2006
Ironic how offering a trade service is preventing Russia from being included in a world TRADE organization.
davidleerothOct 15, 2006
Not to be "overly" picky, but I just said that we love Allofmp3.Me too... Я тоже. It's pronounced a bit like Ya tozhay.