Allofmp3.com is now closed for good and the same thing seems to be the case for the replacement site www.mp3sparks.com. Apparantly mp3sparks.com has bounced back (as of July 12th) and seems to be up and running once again.
According to media reports both sites had been closed by the Kremlin following a demand from the US that Russia cracked down on the two sites if the country wanted a chance to join WTO.
It's kinda strange that the US singled out only one Russian mp3-site, when there are so many others out there still in operation. One is now left to guess which site will be the allofmp3 successor.
The crack down on the immensely popular online mp3 vendor also raises an interesting question for the recording industry: If consumers want music files from popular artists in a (DRM free) format that can play on any digital player or sound system, where are they to go?
