AllofMP3.com falls to US attack

sparkling from their modern day strategy to harass North Korean chief Kim Jong Il, america government is now going after Russian down load website Allofmp3.com.

AllofMP3 has long been an annoyance to the song enterprise, imparting excessive satisfactory MP3s for just 6p in step with music. This compares with the 79p that rivals including iTunes commonly charge. for instance, the current just like the Fambly Cat album with the aid of Grandaddy is offered for simply £1.30.

The site is capable of charge so little as it will pay no royalties to any of the record labels that own the recordings, meaning it could make a profit on albums regardless of how tons it expenses. In doing so, it is breaking just about each unmarried copyright regulation in existence.

Many analysts say the website is Russia's biggest unmarried barrier to becoming part of the arena change agency (WTO).

The shutdown will appreciably improve Russia's probabilities of becoming a member of the WTO, in line with an reputable file outlining the settlement on copyright issues between Russia and the us.

Binding blueprint

The record states: "america and Russia have agreed on a binding blueprint for moves that Russia will take to address piracy and counterfeiting and improve protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR), each stated priorities of the Russian authorities, starting right now."

Allofmp3.com is cited explicitly as a internet site that allows "illegal distribution of song and other copyright works".

Estimates display that AllofMP3.com had 14 in step with cent of the UK tune down load market in April this 12 months, consistent with marketplace watcher XTNdata. simplest Apple's iTunes had extra, with a forty four consistent with cent chunk.

The Russian authorities has additionally promised to do so against CD and DVD pirating companies.

Russia currently produces about 390 million CDs and DVDs a year, imparting the rest of the world with a huge amount of bootleg track and films.