simontindemans;150000 Wrote: > I really don't get why everybody is happily giving their money to > allofmp3.com. The way I see it, is you're using their services, one of > the following applies to you: > > 1. You want DRM-free music, and you want to obtain it legally. Go buy > your music somewhere else. Allofmp3 is clearly not legit. And no, > offering pocket change to record companies does not make you legit. If > someone offers you $100 for you Squeezebox, does it give them the right > to buy it from you? > > 2. You want DRM-free music and want to send out a signal to the other > stores/record companies. Why not buy at a proper DRM-free online music > store? I have mentioned http://www.emusic.com and http://www.bleep.com > before. > > 3. You want cheap music. You have to wonder how cheap legit music can > really be (see the post's above). Still, cheaper stores than iTunes can > be found. Again, eMusic comes to mind. > > Really, using allofmp3 is no better or worse than using a P2P-client, > and it costs money, too! I really don't know why people use it at all. > > Simon
How about 4. You want individual DRM-free tracks encoded in a lossless fashion? emusic seems to only offer mp3. bleep seems to have some flac, but it's limited to certain indie labels. If you want an individual track but not a whole album in a lossless, DRM-free format, what are you supposed to do? Show me a service with a catalog comparable to allofmp3's that is offering DRM-free, lossless music. Regarding 1: unclear what you mean by 'legit'. Do you mean that it's obvious that the site violates Russian law? Or international law? Or that it's obvious that someone purchasing music through the site from the US will be himself violating US law? Do you know the details of the licenses that allofmp3 owns? Do you know the details of the relevant US laws? -- dagordon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dagordon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6804 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28858 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
