Visa Cuts Off AllOfMp3.com

denebian devil writes "On the heals of allofmp3.com's press conference trying to clean up its image, Visa has suspended its credit card service to allofmp3.com. From the article "[Allofmp3 is] no longer permitted to accept Visa cards," said Simon Barker, a Visa International spokesman. "The action we've taken is in line with legislation passed in Russia and international copyright law." Almost simultaneously, allofmp3.com has announced that it is shifting over to an ad-supported model. For those who don't want to (or can't) buy allofmp3's DRM-free music, they are providing DRM-laden music that can be played only within a restricted player provided by the website."

Re:AllOfMp3.com's Legality (or lack of)

[Aladrin]

What's amazing is that Visa ever allowed it in the first place.

PayPal?

[tecker]

Could allofmp3.com route such purchases through paypal?

I realize it probably would not work but it is a posibility.

XROST?

[Kadin2048]

Can you elaborate?

I saw the XROST option on there a while ago, but I don't know anything about it or how it works.

Also, I recall at one point there was an option to use some type of "online currency" that was sold in the U.K. at gas stations and retail stores, meaning that you could buy them with cash, and then you went to a web site and typed in the number on the card you bought, and could transfer the money to AllOfMp3.com -- that seems like a pretty good way of doing cash-transations on the web. Pity it's not available in the states. Is this the same thing as XROST?

I was thinking next time I went over to England, if they still existed, I'd buy some cards just to have around for stuff like that.

As more and more things get on the web, I think there's going to be a greater and greater demand for a way to accomplish anonymous financial transactions, to replace what's done in the real-world with cash. As of right now, I don't know of any way to do that, and I'm sure the governments of the world like it that way...but if there's a will, there's a way, and pirated music and gambling are a big "will."

Re:AllOfMp3.com's Legality (or lack of)

[Pofy]

>Read that last paragraph, if you've been in the United States & using AllOfMp3.com, they've
>been shifting legality issues to you.

What responsability? There is no responsability for a purchaser of music that is applicable. A buyer is for example not distributing the material. Use in it self is not a copyright issue. So what specifically are you thinking of?

>Visa has now chosen to recognize this issue and not be party to breaking the law.

What law are you as a buyer breaking? None.

>However, this is not true in many other countries.

So? You are buying the music in Russia. Russian law applies. You are following them. There is no additional law applicable or of relevance to you in this case.

Re:XROST?

[massysett]

It seemed to me XROST was simply a front for allofmp3.com so that they could take credit cards. Have you seen any other merchant that actually takes XROST? I remember that every other retailer listed on their site was "coming soon."