Tuesday, July 3rd 2007
Russian Government shuts down AllOfMP3
The famous MP3 online store (or rather infamous for not paying the artists) has been shut down by the Russian government. Pressure from the US, RIAA, and refusal to enter the World Trade Organization lead to the site's demise.
Before the shutdown, AllOfMP3.com was a direct competitor to iTunes due to its pay-by-size versus Apple's pay-by-track system. Tracks that were downloaded there were also devoid of all DRM and the user could even choose which bitrate to download.
Source:
torrentfreak
Before the shutdown, AllOfMP3.com was a direct competitor to iTunes due to its pay-by-size versus Apple's pay-by-track system. Tracks that were downloaded there were also devoid of all DRM and the user could even choose which bitrate to download.
6 Comments on Russian Government shuts down AllOfMP3
full albums :) w/o paying a dime.
Thats what they should worry about closing
Played with it and their free test downloads, never felt comfortable enough to buy from them though.LoL, go figure.