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- frekir, on 10/12/2007, -4/+37The moral of the story is; when things don't go your way, just complain until they do.
(Yes, joke... you don't have any sense of humour) - acceptab1euname, on 10/12/2007, -5/+32Heh, I hope somebody complains to ebay and gets that auction yanked.
Spammers suck. - acceptab1euname, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24You're right, there's nothing at all in the written EBay policies about doing what you did. I never thought that not spamming unrelated sites' articles with offtopic comments linking to your commercial endeavor was something that had to be written into a policy, anyway -- where I'm from we call it "not being a douche".
You might want to give that a try sometime. - ho0ber, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22Regardless of the legality of the product from AllOfMp3, it is actually quite well done. They have an excellent selection and will encode the suckers pretty much any way I want. Paying a couple cents for a higher quality track is worth it in my book. I'm sick of hearing people's instant messenger sounds in the middle of my music.
- mercurysquad, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22wow.... didnt think it would work but apparently it did.
now about the visa block.......... - Jugalator, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Speaking of which, I always thought that stance about PayPal was funny...
"We want you to do transactions with us, but our business model don't really want you to do transactions with us.
Before you start using our services too much, please stop."
:-S - glock22ownr, on 10/12/2007, -7/+19Organized crime is charging $1 / song and not being given full rights.. and calling that legal. Then filling thousands of frivilous lawsuits against innocent / poor people for thousands of dollars and extorting the public. You wanna know who the real criminal is ? The RIAA and the rest of the polesmokers.
- unloud, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16It's about morals. People morally want to give money to the artists of the songs because they believe in supporting them. However, they don't morally think that it's right to not own the music they purchase (due to DRM). In all reality, it has nothing to do with legality as people will continually break the laws that they feel are unjust but people will almost always fight for their morals.
- monkikopimi, on 10/12/2007, -6/+16For more information about this, check the website of the Pro Piracy Lobby at http://propiracy.org/
Happy Hanukka, Pirates! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11PayPal has too many hoops for AllOfMp3 to jump through. Plus, there's the fact that if you do too many transactions, PayPal will lock your account.
- honeycut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Last I checked you can use paypal via xrost to shop on allofmp3.com
http://music.allofmp3.com/info/payments.shtml - mrhahn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9You can choose the bitrate and get charged accordingly (even at 320Kbps you pay much, much less than on iTunes), they have a huge selection including recent and not-so-recent songs, no DRM so I can do what I want with the music I buy...
- CreepingDeath, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11You do realize that every song you buy through allofmp3.com means allofmp3 pays a royalty to ROMS, all the record companies have to do is petition ROMS for their money and they can get it. Its their own stubbornness that prevents them from collecting the money.
Personally I will stop using services like allofmp3 the day I can /DIRECTLY/ pay the artist for their work, and know that I am in no way supporting folks like SonyBMG, the MAFIAA, and 99.5% of all the record labels out there. - Nixolay, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13acomj,
You are not correct. Maybe you should make some research before speaking out. AllOfMp3 pays to Russian organization that is _OFFICIALLY_ recognized as russia RIAA or something. What they do is perfectly legal according to Russian laws. Everyone (me too) should attack that organization (do not remember it name), not AllOfMp3.
Speaking about WTO, maybe you have not heard, that we do not really care about it anymore. It will do more damage to our economy, than gains. And we have other ways of influencing our trade partners (Our Gas, Our Oil, Georgian Wine, Polish Pork etc) :). Do not take me too seriously though... - kopimi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9It's weird that people on a page like digg don't get what this is all about. This has _nothing_ to do with allofmp3.com. It has to do about if we would like random people to censor our Internets. I for one, do not.
- korimickster, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13Absolutely.
I wish Allofmp3 used PayPal. - Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Whether or not you think PirateBay is right or wrong in their actions in general, you have to give them props for continuity.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I would think the reason to not accept PayPal has very little to do with some sort of quantity of transaction restriction and more to do with the ridiculously excessive transaction fees that PayPal charges, as compared to any normal merchant account.
- paulcooper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@wowbagger,
Oh, get off your ***** high-horse you self-important *****.
If it makes you feel like you have a big dick by belittling digg.com members, that's very sad.
Let me lay it out straight to you. No, digg memebers are NOT just little kids with a false sense of entitlement (at least the majority), instead - we refuse to support the current music distribution system. The entire system is heavily flawed, so, naturally, we use our resources to find a better way. allofmp3.com is that better way. We refuse to pay over the top prices for DRM laced music that we can't use on any device or computer, just because the RIAA makes the assumption that we are all criminals. We refuse to support the RIAA in their bid to pay the artists next-to-nothing, and then line their own pockets.
We want high quality, DRM free, digital music where the artist recieves 75%+ of the royalties, store and label can share the rest. We want the dinosaur music industry to completely change. We are happy to pay for music that works for us. And no, we will not 'buy it on their terms or not at all'. Thats complete *****, where do we get by giving up something we love because its been destroyed by some corporate cronies.
You wanna know something? YOU'RE the problem. If you _only_ supported music that gave the finger to the RIAA, then things would have changed a long time ago. Your awful attempt at being moral is keeping their business model afloat. So don't to me about being naive, idiot. - unloud, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Get the user icon.
- Murdats, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7why is it technically illegal?
- mercurysquad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Yeah the one time I have paid allofmp3.com was through paypal by using the xrost cards...
- Jugalator, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I wonder where you got all your information about where the money goes to in the case of the ROMS organization. Please provide linkage when you do these sort of claims.
As for why people do it... Well, have you seen RIAA suing a user downloading from Allofmp3? And have you seen RIAA suing users downloading from P2P nets? That's one reason. Another reason is probably the convenience and availability. With Allofmp3 you don't even need to start digging for high quality versions of the music in your favorite format, and this is something iTunes doesn't have anything to offer you either, being DRM encumbered. - abhim8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3they must be watching diggnation. otherwise they would still be totally confused on why customers were leaving them.
- iAlex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3http://www.perspektivbredband.se/ They handled it good. :)
- caban, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3From the copyright societies I know they charge a fee for Internet broadcast depending on number of simultaneous listeners.
As a broadcaster you pay that fee regardless of if only 1% of the music you play is registered with them.
By international cooperation the idea is that you only have to pay the copyright organization in your country and the funds should be given out to the correct copyright owners.
As I understand the law in Russia has been that a download is considered a broadcast, and ROMS was part of the international agreement but had to pay less as countries with bad economy do since.
2004 ROMS was excluded, and I'm not sure how the broadcasters in Russia is supposed to make sure that copyright owners get their money. The are still obliged to pay ROMS, but if ROMS manage to pay out I don't know.
If there is a problem it is with Russian law or ROMS. AllOfMp3 is doing nothing illegal and is paying the money they are obliged to.
I think that it's not reasonable that one digital stream of data should be treated differently from another digital stream in regards to compensation for the copyright owners, so Russian law do make sense.
And of course fees collected for copyright owners should reach them, but I'm not sure if the problem with ROMS is with them self or with the international community. - sfacets, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4YAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR!!!
- twtmc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2well hey, if it gets results, why shouldn't people do it? Keep complaining as long as it gives you results.
- theRIAA, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://propiracy.org/ 's homepage pic is from http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml , the photographer specifically requested that he be notified and credited for the picture...
- Mactard, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4..organized crime, oh you mean like the RIAA and MPAA. Wake up, the money spent on iTunes does not end up in the artist pocket.
That is old news. - freakrot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1
Why does the music industry need the RIAA anymore? Sure, they were created to protect artists, and there was a time when they served that purpose. But do they still protect the artists, or are they now just lining their own pockets?
With modern technology available at reasonably low cost these days, many artists are starting to bypass major record companies and the RIAA, and directly marketing their music via the web. In doing this, they can sell the music at a much lower cost to the consumer, and at the same time earn more than they would through the corrupt RIAA and major record companies.
So, I ask again. What purpose does the RIAA serve today, other than clogging up our courts. - acceptab1euname, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3@people modding akinder down: He's right, you know. The Pirate Bay mocks foreign copyright holders in the legal complaints section of their website. Granted, I don't disagree that people who attempt to enforce foreign laws outside of their jurisdiction deserve ridicule; but it seems to me like they're going out of their way to antagonize people. It's cool that they're fighting against ***** like ISPs arbitrarily blocking websites, but that does not legitimize what TPB is doing - enabling copyright infringment on a very large scale. While 'stealing' may have a very specific definition relating to physical property, obtaining something that you're supposed to pay for without paying for it in the form of downloading pirated software - well, your own conscience should be the best judge of exactly what that is.
Might I add that allofMP3 is perfectly legal - IN RUSSIA. You should look into exactly why what they're doing is legal, because it's not exactly on the most solid of reasons. If I were somebody who saw their music going up for sale on allofmp3 with royalties paid to the Russians (RIAR?), I'd be pissed off too. - shark72, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"..organized crime, oh you mean like the RIAA and MPAA. Wake up, the money spent on iTunes does not end up in the artist pocket."
Remember several weeks back when Weird Al Yankovich was complaining that he got less money from iTunes sales than from CD sales? He was pretty clear that he does get paid.
CDBaby stated last month that their artists get something $1MM a month in royalties from iTunes sales.
Maybe artists don't get paid as much as you like (heck, find me anybody who makes under $200K a year who thinks they're being paid enough). If using allofmp3 is your form of protest for the fact that artists are not paid as much as you would like on iTunes, that's fine, but I would go so far as to say that they are not paid at all. - bury, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@acceptab1euname
If you were an artist in that situation, you would have your label register with ROMS. The fact they refuse is not AllofMP3's fault. In fact, AllofMP3 said they would work directly with the artists, which means they would be saving you from getting screwed. - RobotCitizen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Power to the P2People!
- Action123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1link to the post(not the blog itself)
http://thepiratebay.org/blog/46 - Chtiwi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1how to find and download Any Song You Want from internet ...
http://www.xcess.info/how_to_find_and_download_mp3_music_from_internet_aen.aspx - henryl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is excellent. I'm not Swedish. I'm a Brit.
It was a VERY shrewd move - well done Piratebay!
I mean - just imagine if more and more companies started doing this - blocking websites...
What's also weird is ... there are loads of bit torrent sites.. like isohunt... the swedish customers could have just gone to them... no?
WELL DONE PIRATEBAY! - AETAaAS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I like AllOfMp3.com! They're... 'likely legal', so its all good.
- juliocgrajales, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I love allofmp3.com, viva la revolucion!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2If the US is ruled by the people, why haven't the laws changed in our (the consumer's) favor?
- sirhomer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1***** the RIAA
- IaMgOdiNuK, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Lots of important views HERE! but the main point should be - WE PAY for the MUSIC! WE SHOULD BE FREE 2 USE THE MUSIC!. if i wanna convert my mp3 into ogg for use on ubuntu Linux i should be free to do so! i pay for the right to use the song i purchased. I tunes music is expensive! especially in the UK! DRM is too restrictive. its unfair for the consumer! we're the ones who dictate trends! after all.
- NorthStateGonzo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Someone fly the Pirate Flag...
Way to go... - DirtyWorker, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5Dude, AllOfMP3.com isn't illegal...
- pjwallace1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0ok, so i only used all of mp3 when they took visa. whata re the steps to using it now. please explain. thanks
- acomj, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Nixolay -
It is legal in Russia, and they might be paying the Russian Government, but I suspect that almost none of the money goes to the artists.
Your probably better off not being in the WTO. Oil and gas have a lot of leverage in international politics. - joshman5k, on 10/12/2007, -9/+9@unload,
I don't beleive allofmp3.com give the artists any money. - kilofox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@paulcooper
Two wrongs never have and never will make a right. Lacing your comment with obsenities at someone proves you are a kid or a very immature adult.
A boycott means you do without to bring a change... however "kids" today what a change in the music industry, but dont wont to sacrifice to bring that change about. They want "their cake and eat it too". Quit feeding your self absorption and make a sacrifice. In the past many many people have boycotted and sacrificed to force a change. Why cant you?
Pirating or AllofMP3 adds fuel to the fire (the fire being the RIAA and DRM).
Want to make a change? Dont get ANY MUSIC... either bought or pirated. - crazyboy1121, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I don't think that allofmp3.com will live that long now. After being sued for 1.5 Trillion!!
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