AllofMP3.com Responds to the $1.64 Trillion Lawsuit
The RIAA says AllofMP3.com is operating illegally and slapped a 1.64 TRILLION dollar lawsuit on them. AllofMP3.com says that they are operating legally in Russia, complying with all Russian laws. So, where does it go from here? Filed on December 21st, the RIAA is claiming that 11 million songs were pirated. At a mere $150,000 per violation, that’s one heck of a lawsuit with… count them…. 12 zeroes. This lawsuit has caused quite the stir among our readers with comments like…
- $150,000 a song is just bull and they know it. - Nate The Great
- Wow, company sued for more then the entire gross domestic product of the country it is located in.- BJW
- Ask yourself this question; are the contributions entertainers make to society worth the monetary compensation they receive? - Anonymous
- Wow, I say we just boycott these people. - Denver Computer Consulting
This lawsuit is quite possibly the largest of its’ kind in the world of file sharing. AllofMP3.com also says that they forward all of the necessary fees to a Russian royalty collection firm (ROMS), and from there the ROMS is responsible for getting the Royalties to the proper copyright holders. As of now, the site is still up and running AND they’re offering a 20% bonus when you add money to your account. What a deal.
Whether they show up for the legal battle in New York is yet another question waiting to be answered. According to Slyck News, a senior company official from AllofMP3 had this to say:
“AllofMP3 understands that several U.S. record label companies filed a lawsuit against Media Services in New York. This suit is unjustified as AllofMP3 does not operate in New York. Certainly the labels are free to file any suit they wish, despite knowing full well that AllofMP3 operates legally in Russia. In the mean time, AllofMP3 plans to continue to operate legally and comply with all Russian laws.”
We’ll surely be following this to see how AllofMP3.com is able to stand up to the big bully… a.k.a The RIAA!
News Source: Slyck News
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I’m all for intellectual rights, I think it’s fundamental to a capitalist economic system; People should be rewarded for their work. However, if the movie and music industry gave consumers what they wanted more people would pay for media and would stop pirating the stuff.
What’s interesting here is that AllOfMp3.com thinks that it is complying with the laws of Russia. However, they admit that they pay little or nothing to artist in exchange for selling the artist works. There is a poorly worded clause in Russia law that allows them to operate this way. I think any reasonable person would agree that AllOfMp3.com is not operating within the spirit of the law if in fact the wording of the law.
I agree. AllOfMp3.com is standing on some thin ice because it would be easy for Russia to tighten up the law just a little. If I were AllofMp3.com I would get out of the business now while I could still walk away with the millions of dollars that they have made.
I suppose we should see another price increase on the already over-priced music and movies now as the legal costs for this lawsuit have to come from somewhere.
In other news, Sony are suing stingrays for trademark infringement.
Hahaha
Show us, please.
So, reason with us.
That’s just amazing! I do believe that suing the source of illegal music is a far better solution than suing random unknowing downloaders, but that is just such an unbelievably oversized fine! Why is it that this has to be the one law the government strongly enforces?
You know you’re actually better off with an illegal copy a song than a legal one. If you try to play legal music off your mp3 player onto a friend’s PC, the DRM disables it! If you play an illegal LimeWire song, no problem. The same frustration happens often with video as well! It’s madness!!!
Hey Ryan, how about the next time you post about this you attach the song, “Don’t Download This Song” by Weird Al Yankovic (unless you’re afraid of a multi-trillian dollar lawsuit)?
I’m sure –Ashley– would love to, but then we would have the RIAA shutting down our site.
I’m sure –Ashley– would love to, but then we would have the RIAA shutting down our site.
I understand
Why is it illegal to use “Don’t Download This Song” here? It is available as a free and legal download on his site, so I don’t see the danger.
Concerning the RIAA:
1) They’re indeed bullies
2) They’re abusing both musicians and the consumers (using lawsuits) to become richer
3) Putting DRM on all downloads makes people want to download unDRMed (and illegal) MP3s
4) Same with copy protection
5) I don’t buy any non-podsafe music anymore (except for a few tracks), I don’t want those suckers to get any more of my money
You want reasoning? Here you go:
This is directly from the AllOfMp3.com faqs:
In other words, “We do not have the artists permission to sell their works nor do we compensate them for the sales we make. The laws of Russia do not require us to.”
They have the “permission” of a “organizations for collective management” which can grant permission on behalf of artists and copyright holders. This organization does not actually have agreements with copyrights holders. They say that it’s too difficult to reach agreements withevery artist of the world so we’ll pretend we have their permission. AllOfMP3.com says they have an agreement with this “organizations for collective management” so they are in fact legal.
If it’s so difficult to reach major recording labels then how do so many other online retails manage to do it?
How’s that for reasoning?
So here is the main thought to go with the boycott. Boycott buying. I’ve noticed that record sales are still establishing new record highs every now and then. Teach them a lesson, boycott buying music from any music store for a few months. Where would they get the money to fund this kind of lawsuit.
On the flip side, I think all artists should sue RIAA for 1.64 trillion dollars on projected revenues that this lawsuit will make. Last I checked here, artists make about 35 cents per song in royalties.
Lol… I’d say ROMS are the ones who need to be sued…
Hi guys
Just found allOFFmp3.org. The site name seems to be very close to allofmp3 but they have completely different look. And their music catalogue is waaay wider. I managed to find every track I was looking for since early 60s…