AllofMp3.com Breaks Silence

An anonymous reader writes "The controversial Russian music site AllofMp3.com has fired back a return salvo on legality, royalties, and the WTO." From the article: "The entertainment industry however claims the service is flat out illegal. According to the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), AllofMp3.com fails to pay artist royalties - contrary to AllofMp3.com's assertions."

Re:The British BPI say its illegal

[Anonymous Coward]

Next up, the British BPI announces a royalty on having a song stuck in your head. Freedom isn't free, chaps!

Time to Change Tactics

[AK Marc]

Well crap. Now I'll have to make a photocopy of a $20 and send it to the RIAA for every copy of an mp3 I make. A copy for a copy, neither being denied anything, it's only fair, right?

Re:It's Hardly Scary

[HardCase]

Inflamatory remarks like yours serve only to alienate the world community.

I don't think that his remarks alienate the world community, but they are definitely overblown. I'd say, at worst, they make him look kind of stupid. Of course, this being /., it's OK to be that kind of stupid 'cause, you know, the US is evil.

-h-

AllofMp3.com fails to pay artist royalties...

[Anonymous Coward]

Didn't the RIAA/IFPI know that In Soviet Russia, the artist pays YOU?

Re:Pirates: Think about the people you're hurting

[zippthorne]

Wait, how did the kid misspell 'leet when he SAID it?

Re:Pay attention record labels

[cpsc2005]

When are the record companies going to wake up and smell the profits?

Probably when they stop smelling ass due to the location of their heads.

Re:This is scary.

[FSWKU]

It's scary how far the US is willing to go to pressure other countries into changing their laws to suit US interests. I can almost imagine the US going to war with other countries that "don't have the same copyright laws as us".

Somewhere, this thought is giving an **AA exec a hard-on that even Viagra couldn't achieve...

Re:Pirates: Think about the people you're hurting

[Anonymous Coward]

For every troll who reposts this I must download 10 albums.

Re:This is scary.

[Feanturi]

No, because in Soviet Russia, artist steals you!

WWJD?

[timotten]

My favorite part of this story is the implication that the good, clean, family-values, Christian types are the ones turning to piracy.

Re:It's Hardly Scary

[virtualchoirboy]

Britney Spears and every other no-talent hack being forced on the consumers out of a job?

I can live with that.

Re:The British BPI say its illegal

[scatters]

The British BPI...The British British Phonographic Industry? Do you work for the Department of Redundancy Department. ?

Re:FWIW: none of the 'A's in RIAA stand for 'Artis

[heinousjay]

Hahahah you only single dared. For something so rife with the possibility of seething scorn and whispered ironic compliments you should start at a double dare at a minimum.

Re:Pirates: Think about the people you're hurting

[cptgrudge]

No, the AC is just pirating someone else's pirating troll. Yay irony!

Moderating

[Rydia]

I'm trying to moderate this thread fairly, but I can't seem to find the "-1 Over-Generalizing Kneejerk and/or Poorly Thought-Out Rant" option on the list.

This is CowboyNeal's department, right?

Re:Pirates: Think about the people you're hurting

[DreamingReal]

My store specialised in family music - stuff that the whole family could listen to. I don't sell sick stuff like Marilyn Manson or cop-killer rap, and I'm proud to have one of the most extensive Christian rock sections that I know of.

When they came to the counter to make their purchase, I grabbed the little shit by his shirt. ...

"Now take yourself and your little bitch friend out of my store - and don't come back." I barked. Cravenly, they complied and scampered off.

Good thing you only sell wholesome, profanity-free music to our impressionable youth! Hate for them to hear any of that naughty language!

Re:Time to Change Tactics

[value_added]

Well crap. Now I'll have to make a photocopy of a $20 and send it to the RIAA for every copy of an mp3 I make. A copy for a copy, neither being denied anything, it's only fair, right?

That's selfish. Make the copy of the $20 bill available as a torrent, and send the RIAA a link to it.

Weird

[Conanymous Award]

In Corporate West, the MP3 own YOU (DRM). But in ex-Soviet Russia, YOU own the MP3. The laws of Slashdot running gags have been turned upside down!

In fact, using Apples argument

[rishistar]

Using Apple Computers argument that people were downloading data, not music [guardian.co.uk] you can now use the argument that allofmp3.com is providing a data transmission service, not music.

Re:law-abiding? Not always!

[PhoenixPath]

Now lets not go confusing laws with ethics, here people.

Re:The British BPI say its illegal

[RichardX]

>Do you work for the Department of Redundancy Department. ?
Yes. Yes I do.
I create new PIN Numbers for use in the ATM Machines.