AllofMp3.com Sued for $1.65 Trillion!

mimo2005 · 12-23-2006, 03:43 AM

AllofMP3 typically charges under $1 for an entire album and just cents per track.

http://tech.cybernetnews.com//2006/1...-165-trillion/

**carsey** · 12-23-2006, 03:52 AM

Wow....Thats a lot.I dont think it will get all the way through. If its legal in russia, then its the users accessing the music/website who are at fault. Everyone in the world can access the website, so as long as its not hosted in a country where the activities are illegal. They should be ok. Thats my 2 cents

**Joefireline** · 12-23-2006, 07:21 AM

Wow. That's a lot...

I've seen the site before, was thinking about it, then I thought, nah!

**DumberDrummer** · 12-23-2006, 11:36 AM

Here's the deal... allofmp3 is perfectly legal with the russian RIAA (ROMS)

the RIAA claims that its illegal because artists don't get any royalties, but what they don't tell you is that allofmp3 pays ROMS royalties on each song they sell.... all the RIAA has to do is prove that they own the rights to the music being sold, and ROMS will turn over the royalties to them... and its all legit. But the greedy RIAA would rather sue and make a trillion dollars than legitimize a company that they perceive as eating into their profits in a country that doesn't have the government pandering to the music industry every chance it gets.

Don't believe me? Would you believe that the US refused Russia entrance into the WTO unless they shut down the site?

mimo2005 · 12-23-2006, 11:40 AM

Thanx for the info DD

**DumberDrummer** · 12-23-2006, 11:44 AM

oh yeah, someone commenting on that site made the comment that this lawsuit is greater than the GDP of russia (the sum value of all the goods produced within the borders of the country).

From https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications...s/rs.html#Econ

Russian GDP $1.584 trillion (2005 est.)

mimo2005 · 12-29-2006, 06:25 PM

The Swedish ISP that decided to block allofmp3.com a couple of days ago didn't know what they had coming. Now they're being blocked by Piratebay and The Pirate Party are calling for other sites to do the same.

http://www.infocider.com/blogs/index...&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

This is veeeery interesting !

~~Wozer~~ · 12-29-2006, 06:29 PM

The Pirate Bay!....that place is a gas...reading their archives of correspondence is a laugh one won't soon forget...the fact they are still in existence definitely proves they are not a site to mess with, and I'm sure that ISP is finding that out right now..roflmao..

I whole heartedly agree with DumberDrummer's thoughts...he's right on the mark

**TheMatt** · 12-29-2006, 08:17 PM

Wow. Here is more info on their response.
http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12...llion-lawsuit/

mimo2005 · 12-29-2006, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMatt

Wow. Here is more info on their response.
http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12...llion-lawsuit/

in other words , allofmp3 won't pay a dime .

**Joefireline** · 12-30-2006, 09:36 AM

So, it is legal in the country they are operating in, but not in other countries, where they are trying to get them done?
If they are following the laws in their country, then surely these other people can't do anything about it?

**Glaswegian** · 12-30-2006, 02:01 PM

Anything that gets up the noses of the bully boys of the RIAA is fine by me. Perhaps it's time that consumers counter sued for being charged ridiculous prices for carpy music?

**forcifer** · 12-30-2006, 02:18 PM

$1,650,000,000,000...thats alot of money. Bill Gates should be jealous

~~Wozer~~ · 12-30-2006, 11:11 PM

the following has been copied and pasted from The Pirate Bay:

Censorship and blocks

The past ten days we have been blocking a whole swedish ISP (Perspektiv Bredband) from accessing The Pirate Bay.

The reason for doing this was a very important one for us - the ISP decided to censor all traffic in their network to the russian site allofmp3.com - without the site actually being illegal according to Swedish law.

Censoring the internet is a very bad road to go down and we will stand up for our right of free internets!

There has been some press about the block-initiative we took together with our friends in Piratbyrån and the Pro Piracy Lobby. Today, Perspektiv Bredband did something that made us very happy - they reconsidered and removed all the censorship of allofmp3.com!

More information can be found (in Swedish) on the Piratbyrån Forum

Merry X-mas and a happy new year btw!

12-23-2006, 03:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
mimo2005 Manager, Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11,142 OS: xp	AllofMp3.com Sued for $1.65 Trillion! AllofMP3 typically charges under $1 for an entire album and just cents per track. http://tech.cybernetnews.com//2006/1...-165-trillion/ __________________ TSF has outgrown its server, again. Please help "Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo"

12-23-2006, 03:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
carsey Moderator, TSF Articles Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hunwick, Co. Durham England Posts: 10,678 OS: XP Pro SP3 My System	Wow....Thats a lot.I dont think it will get all the way through. If its legal in russia, then its the users accessing the music/website who are at fault. Everyone in the world can access the website, so as long as its not hosted in a country where the activities are illegal. They should be ok. Thats my 2 cents __________________ Submit New Articles Here

12-23-2006, 11:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
DumberDrummer Cymru am byth Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,385 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 My System	Here's the deal... allofmp3 is perfectly legal with the russian RIAA (ROMS) the RIAA claims that its illegal because artists don't get any royalties, but what they don't tell you is that allofmp3 pays ROMS royalties on each song they sell.... all the RIAA has to do is prove that they own the rights to the music being sold, and ROMS will turn over the royalties to them... and its all legit. But the greedy RIAA would rather sue and make a trillion dollars than legitimize a company that they perceive as eating into their profits in a country that doesn't have the government pandering to the music industry every chance it gets. Don't believe me? Would you believe that the US refused Russia entrance into the WTO unless they shut down the site? __________________ Living with Louie dog's the only way to stay sane _____________________________________________ ... and with those words so begins my lifetime of longing for the devil's warm embrace Last edited by DumberDrummer; 12-23-2006 at 11:40 AM.

12-23-2006, 11:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
mimo2005 Manager, Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11,142 OS: xp	Thanx for the info DD __________________ TSF has outgrown its server, again. Please help "Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo"

12-23-2006, 11:44 AM	#6 (permalink)
DumberDrummer Cymru am byth Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,385 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 My System	oh yeah, someone commenting on that site made the comment that this lawsuit is greater than the GDP of russia (the sum value of all the goods produced within the borders of the country). From https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications...s/rs.html#Econ Russian GDP $1.584 trillion (2005 est.) __________________ Living with Louie dog's the only way to stay sane _____________________________________________ ... and with those words so begins my lifetime of longing for the devil's warm embrace

12-23-2006, 07:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
Joefireline Enthusiastic TSFer~Joseph Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Portishead (Bristol) England Posts: 5,319 OS: Windows 7 64bit(Desktop) / XP Home SP2(laptop) My System	Wow. That's a lot... I've seen the site before, was thinking about it, then I thought, nah!

12-29-2006, 06:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
mimo2005 Manager, Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11,142 OS: xp	The Swedish ISP that decided to block allofmp3.com a couple of days ago didn't know what they had coming. Now they're being blocked by Piratebay and The Pirate Party are calling for other sites to do the same. http://www.infocider.com/blogs/index...&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 This is veeeery interesting ! __________________ TSF has outgrown its server, again. Please help "Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo"

12-29-2006, 06:29 PM	#8 (permalink)
~~Wozer~~ Troubled Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,038 OS: 2kpro/XP pro/MCE	The Pirate Bay!....that place is a gas...reading their archives of correspondence is a laugh one won't soon forget...the fact they are still in existence definitely proves they are not a site to mess with, and I'm sure that ISP is finding that out right now..roflmao.. I whole heartedly agree with DumberDrummer's thoughts...he's right on the mark

12-29-2006, 08:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Wow. Here is more info on their response. http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12...llion-lawsuit/ __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

12-30-2006, 09:36 AM	#11 (permalink)
Joefireline Enthusiastic TSFer~Joseph Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Portishead (Bristol) England Posts: 5,319 OS: Windows 7 64bit(Desktop) / XP Home SP2(laptop) My System	So, it is legal in the country they are operating in, but not in other countries, where they are trying to get them done? If they are following the laws in their country, then surely these other people can't do anything about it?

12-30-2006, 02:01 PM	#12 (permalink)
Glaswegian Moderator/ Rangemaster TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team; Oor Wullie; TSF Surgeon and Resident Comic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 25,495 OS: Win XP Pro SP3 / Win 7 Pro My System Blog Entries: 10	Anything that gets up the noses of the bully boys of the RIAA is fine by me. Perhaps it's time that consumers counter sued for being charged ridiculous prices for carpy music? __________________ Iain - Defender of the Haggis and all things Scottish. I don't help by PM - post in the Forums. PC Safety & Security::PC running a bit slow?::Donate::Photographers Corner

12-30-2006, 02:18 PM	#13 (permalink)
forcifer ole' Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas City kansas Posts: 3,628 OS: Vista Premium 32 My System Blog Entries: 1	$1,650,000,000,000...thats alot of money. Bill Gates should be jealous __________________

12-30-2006, 11:11 PM	#14 (permalink)
~~Wozer~~ Troubled Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,038 OS: 2kpro/XP pro/MCE	the following has been copied and pasted from The Pirate Bay: Censorship and blocks The past ten days we have been blocking a whole swedish ISP (Perspektiv Bredband) from accessing The Pirate Bay. The reason for doing this was a very important one for us - the ISP decided to censor all traffic in their network to the russian site allofmp3.com - without the site actually being illegal according to Swedish law. Censoring the internet is a very bad road to go down and we will stand up for our right of free internets! There has been some press about the block-initiative we took together with our friends in Piratbyrån and the Pro Piracy Lobby. Today, Perspektiv Bredband did something that made us very happy - they reconsidered and removed all the censorship of allofmp3.com! More information can be found (in Swedish) on the Piratbyrån Forum Merry X-mas and a happy new year btw!