This weekend immensely popular allofmp3.com closed its servers. The message users got was that the site was taken down for maintenance.
Today an anonymous source commenting a post on the blog Techcrunch claims that the site has been downed by the Russian government to comply with demands from American copyright organizations:
“Allof is being pressurized to shut down by the authorities. As Americans want Russia to enter WTO with a good int property protection record," writes Michael claiming to quote Allofmp3-employees.
Allofmp3.com won its reputation for selling popular music at very cheap rates claiming that it did so within the boundaries of Russian law. Whereas organizations like the RIAA has claimed that the site is in violation of international copyright laws.
So what's next in the story of the infamous music site? Well, Michael on Techcrunch has this quote to offer:
"We're just relocating the servers."
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hope riaa will lose a battle with allofmp3. they are greedy and rip off both bands and consumers. I have spent with allofmp2 and lavamus.com $300 for a past year i have never buy so much music before due to prices!
Posted by: boris2006 | September 28, 2006 at 01:20 PM