A parody propaganda poster from the Modern Humorist website
While the sensational case of Alexander Litvinenko dominates world media headlines about Russia this week, Russia's integration into the global economy quietly moves forward. As part of the agreement to bring Russia into the World Trade Organization, the Russian government has agreed to shut down AllofMP3.com, an online music store that the U.S. government asserts is pirating intellectual property and failing to pay royalties to American media companies. Russia Blog has previously reported on the online music site and the problem of digital piracy in Russia here.
AllofMP3.com executives assert that they are paying royalties to copyright holders through the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society, but the U.S. government has never recognized this organization as legitimate. According to company spokesmen, AllofMP3.com continues to operate and has not been shut down. However, in October Visa announced that it would stop processing credit card orders for the site, dealing a severe blow to its online business.
Read the full article at CNet here.
Comments
Would you mind giving the credits for this awesomely unreal RIAA advertising (regardless of having truly been ordered by the RIAA or not)?
Posted by: Konrad von Swalwagner | November 30, 2006 4:16 PM
AllofMP3.com: We're not going anywhere:
John Kheit, an IP attorney for Chadbourne & Parke in New York, is representing AllofMP3, and he had one basic point to make in the wake of the trade agreement: AllofMP3 is legal, and it's not going anywhere. Although the agreement indicates quite clearly that the Russians have agreed to brand AllofMP3 an illicit site, Kheit points out that diplomats can talk as much as they want, but AllofMP3 isn't illegal until judges decide. "Legality is not decided by a legislative branch or an executive branch. It's decided by a court," he said in response to a question from Ars Technica. And no such ruling has been handed down.
Posted by: Ivan Sablezubov | November 30, 2006 9:03 PM
You have got to be KIDDING ME! I'm an avid user of Allofmp3.com!!!!
I use it becuase I like giving the middle finger to those corrupt, rich record companies here in American! Seriously! I've passed on this site to many of my friends! I'm proud of the fact that I've given Allofmp3.com more business!
Get this though! Allofmp3.com will never go away. There is a "secret" way of getting music from them!
VIVA Allofmp3.com! F--- American and her wanting to make the rich richer! F--- Russia for bowing down to American policy!
I can't wait until the people of this world unite as one against those who like to steal its citizens money on overpriced objects such as CDs!
This is just insane! I downloaded a CD just last week from Allofmp3.com!!!!
Posted by: John | December 1, 2006 5:28 AM
Not to worry! I just checked and my account is working fine! In fact I'm downloading four albums as I type this!
LONG LIVE Allofmp3.com!
Lets just hope the leaders behind this great site continue to find a way to provide us world citizens with a service at a decent price!
I have no pitty for multi billionaire recording artists! What a crock!
Posted by: John | December 1, 2006 5:47 AM
I don't think anyone, other the guy who did the original photoshop, could tell you where this picture came from. It has been floating around the web for so many years, it anybody's guess now. The first time I saw it was on Fark over 4 years ago.
Posted by: Jason Herr | December 1, 2006 10:28 AM
Hey Russia, hows it going
Visit me @
http://knowledgeislight.blogspot.com
Posted by: ali | December 3, 2006 5:05 AM
Hmmm, I've still got about $20 of credit at AllofMP3.com.
This could be a good time to add to my music collection.
Posted by: Andy | December 6, 2006 3:46 PM
Allofmp3 was best, because has no drm and real time encoding - from 192 to 320 kbps I liked "him". But russian mp3 stores it is whole world, about existense you don't know, i write wide articles http://hubpages.com/hub/russianmp3site... about 20 sites like allofmp3.
Posted by: Alex Velichk | August 6, 2007 5:43 AM