ouch, my brain hurts just reading that. Can I sue you for my brain damages?
Only if you're in America. ;-)
Everything I've found on AllofMP3.com on the web and in mainstream
printed media suggests it is legal. I haven't found anything to the
contrary. I have read that one point the MPAA did try to shut them
down and it was unable to do so in the Russian court system.
So while IANAL, it looks like it is a legal service. Whether it is a
loophole or not depends on how you want to spin it.
The ethical issues are a different question. I certainly don't want
to short-change the performers and people who make their livings
producing music I enjoy, but neither do I want to be supporting
companies that have made it clear that their goal is to mistreat me
as a paying customer. I don't want to support companies that
secretly install root kits on my machines, or install software on my
computer even if you reject the EULA and deny permission to install
software (as we all know, both done by different SonyBMG CDs).
Personally, I buy used CDs when I can. It's legal (though I'm sure
they'll try to take away the right of first ownership too at some
point), provides uncompressed music, a physical backup, and doesn't
provide additional income to the companies that are in the business
of mistreating a paying customer.
The legal question appears settled for the moment. The ethical ones
do not appear to have any easy answers.
Kevin
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