Yesterday, the Russian authorities proudly announced that they closed AllofMP3, a website that distributed pirated music although it sustained it offers only licensed content.Today, Computerworld interviews some old customers of the recently-closed website who mentioned they are still able to download music but not from the main page of the service. It seems like all the users were redirected to allTunes, a separated domain that offers cheap music through a downloadable application.
According to the same source, the program provides instant access to no less than 778.861 songs. The interesting aspect is that you must pay 2 cents per megabyte that means approximately $1 per album. In comparison with iTunes that sells a song for $0.99, this service is quite attractive for the Internet users.
"The allTunes.com software allows you to browse their catalogue, do searches and make purchases. It's quicker than querying a website since it downloads the catalogue to your PC. I gave it a whirl already and it worked fine. The client downloaded, it grabbed the catalogue, I searched and grabbed a song," an anonymous AllofMP3 customer sustained.
Because the new website offers almost the same content as the one that was recently shut down, the authorities might decide to close this website as well. Just like the old page, it sustains that it offers licensed content but the government might have a different opinion about it.
"All materials in the Internet-Audit LLS projects are available for distribution via the Internet in accordance with license # LS-3I-P3I-06-13 of the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society. Under the license agreement, Internet-Audit LLS pays license fees for all materials subject to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Copyright and Related Rights," it is mentioned in the site's Terms of Use as the same source mentioned.
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