Posted by Don M. on 06/03/06 06:33

"Don Wiss" <donwiss@no_spam.com> wrote in message
news:iem182l58o5rhdo39jns26n7j2hlfi2qmk@4ax.com...
> Registration at the NY Times is free:
>
> Russian Download Site Is Popular and Possibly Illegal
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/01/world/europe/01cnd-mp3.html
>
> is about http://allofmp3.com/
>
> Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).
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In summary, until Russians change their laws or their courts change their interpretation
of current laws, the site is legal to operate in Russia. If the consumer is in a country
where downloading of copyrighted material isn't illegal, then all the industry can do is
moan, groan and buy lawmakers.

This statement is rather ironic: "These collecting agencies are thieves and frauds because
they accept money while pretending to represent artists". IIRC, a certain online music
store started out by claiming to benefit artists, a claim they quietly dropped long before
the first million sale.


Don

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