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AllofMP3.comRussian Site ZML.com Offering $2.99 Movie DownloadsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 19, 2007 - 10:46am.
 London - Taking a page out of the playbook of the budget song download site AllofMP3.com, a Russian website called ZML.com has begun offering unprotected downloads of Hollywood movies for about $2.99 each, The Register reported. The site offers about 1,500 titles, such as "Spider-Man 3" and "300," with prices ranging from $1.99 for an iPod-compatible version, to $4.99 for DVD-quality files. Moscow Court Tosses Case Against Former Head of AllofMP3.comAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 15, 2007 - 11:31am.
Moscow - In a setback to the U.S. music industry's campaign against a Russian discount MP3 retailer, a Moscow court has thrown out prosecutors' copyright infringement case against Denis Kvasov, the former head of AllofMP3.com parent company Mediaservices, according to reports. tags: Law | Lawsuits | Piracy | Music | Copyright | IFPI | AllofMP3.com | MediaServices | Denis Kvasov |
Russian Prosecutors Seek Jail Time for Owner of AllofMP3.comAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 25, 2007 - 1:41pm.
San Francisco - Russian prosecutors are targeting Denis Kvasov, former owner of controversial MP3 store AllofMP3.com, with copyright infringement charges that would include jail time, according to published reports. tags: Law | Lawsuits | Piracy | Music | RIAA | Copyright | AllofMP3.com | Denis Kvasov | MP3Sparks.com |
Russia's AllofMP3.com Revived at AllTunes.comAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 6, 2007 - 1:41pm.
Los Angeles - Just as notorious Russian music download store AllofMP3.com appeared to go offline for good last week, the site's parent company launched a new site at AllTunes.com, where AllofMP3.com's six million users may access their existing accounts and download cheap songs via a software client, Computerworld reported. Russian Retailer AllofMP3.com Appears Down for GoodAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 2, 2007 - 1:14pm.
Moscow - Russian music download store AllofMP3.com, which the U.S. music industry has been trying to shut down for years for selling unauthorized tracks at discounted prices, appears to have been taken offline for good, the Moscow Times reported. tags: Piracy | Music | MP3 | Russia | AllofMP3.com | MediaServices | Russian Phonographic Association | ROMS |
U.K. Police Shutter Voucher Site for Russia's AllofMP3.comAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 24, 2007 - 12:05pm.
London - U.K. police have shut down a website that sold vouchers to purchase digital music from the rogue Russian site AllofMP3.com, which recently lost the support of major credit card companies and online payment processors such as PayPal. AllofMP3 Plans to Stay Open in 2007, Lower Prices Over New Year'sAuthored by Jay Baage on December 29, 2006 - 10:43pm.
 The controversial Russian low-price online music store AllofMP3.com plans to stay open. Mediaservices, the company behind AllofMP3.com, claims that current US lawsuits are not of any particular concern to the company and offers users a 20% price cut over New Years: “Certainly the (record) labels are free to file any suit they wish, despite knowing full well that AllofMP3.com operates legally in Russia”, blogs an unnamed senior representative of the company on their site.
Russia Agrees to Shut Down AllofMP3.com, Clamp Down on PiracyAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 29, 2006 - 2:43pm.
Washington - Russia has agreed to shut down the controversial website AllofMP3.com -- which sold cheap song downloads without label permissions -- as part of an agreement designed to allay U.S. concerns about the country's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Danish Court Orders ISP to Block Access to Russia's AllofMP3.comAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 27, 2006 - 3:04pm.
London - A Danish court has ordered an ISP to block subscribers from accessing controversial Russian digital music store AllofMP3.com. The ruling came as a result of a lawsuit filed by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an international record label trade group.
Russian Download Store AllofMP3 Reacts to Visa, MasterCard BansAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 20, 2006 - 2:12pm.
Moscow - Reacting to the blow that came as two major credit card companies halted payment processing for its controversial music download store, Russia-based AllofMP3.com called the actions "arbitrary, capricious and discriminatory," adding that it may seek legal recourse to reverse the decisions. The site sells albums for about $2 each, and claims to be legal under Russian law and hold a valid license from a Russian copyrights society. This week, both Visa and MasterCard ceased processing payments for the site.
Visa Cuts Off Payments to Russian Music Download Site AllofMP3.comAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 18, 2006 - 1:52pm.
San Francisco - Adding teeth to recent calls from the U.S. Trade Representative to shut down what the U.S. calls an illegal music download service, credit card company Visa announced on Wednesday that it has stopped processing payments to Russian music site AllofMP3.com, the International Herald Tribune reported. "It's no longer permitted to accept Visa cards," Simon Barker, a Visa International spokesman told CNET News.com. "The action we've taken is in line with legislation passed in Russia and international copyright law." AllofMP3.com sells digital albums for about $2 each -- far less than the $9.99 standard at iTunes and other retailers -- and has maintained that its site is licensed by a Russian copyrights society and conforms to Russian laws.
U.S. Trade Rep: Russian MP3 Store Barrier to WTO AccessionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 5, 2006 - 4:48pm.
Washington - The U.S. Trade Representative has called on Russia to shutter music download store AllofMP3.com, pointing to it as an impediment to the country's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Reuters reported. Susan Schwab previously identified the site -- which sells songs for pennies -- as the "poster child" for online music piracy. "I have a hard time imagining Russia becoming a member of the WTO and having a Web site like that up and running that is so clearly a violation of everyone's intellectual property rights," U.S. Trade Representative Schwab told Reuters. The recording industry has been trying for some time to pressure Russian authorities to shut down AllofMP3.com, but despite an investigation that found the site is breaking Russian laws, prosecutors in Moscow have not taken action thus far against the company. The topic will likely be resurrected next week at another meeting between U.S. and Russian officials on WTO accession.
Washington Post: U.S. Pressuring Foreign Governments on Internet PiracyAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 15, 2006 - 12:26pm.
Washington - The Washington Post on Thursday reported on the efforts of the U.S. government to crack down on Internet piracy abroad in countries like Sweden and Russia, often at the behest of lobbyists from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
U.K. Record Label Trade Group to Sue Russian Download Store AllofMP3Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 7, 2006 - 1:28pm.
London - The major record label trade group in the U.K. has announced plans to sue rogue Russian download store AllofMP3.com for copyright infringement in the U.K. courts.
Report: Rogue Russian Download Store More Popular than Napster in U.K.Authored by dmw on May 15, 2006 - 1:41pm.
London - A Russian website that offers digital song downloads at a fraction of the price of iTunes and Napster has become the second most-popular commercial download service in the U.K., according to a report from XTN Data. Apple's iTunes commanded the largest share of the U.K. paid download market in September 2005, with 44%, followed by Moscow-based AllofMP3.com with 14%; Napster's U.K. service followed in third place. While iTunes and Napster sell songs for 99 cents, the Russian site offers them for about 10 cents each. "It offers cheap downloads, is easy to use and has no restrictions on where people can play the tracks. This is what music fans are asking for so perhaps AllOfMP3's popularity isn't that surprising," said XTN Data founder Greig Harper. The Russian site claims that Russian copyright law allows it to legally sell tracks in foreign countries at the reduced prices it offers. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) made a formal complaint about the site to Russian authorities last year, but prosecutors there eventually dropped their case against the site.
Report: Russia Gives MP3 Site AllofMP3.com Legal OKAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 8, 2005 - 5:38am.
Moscow -- According to a report by news agency Itar-Tass, Russia's District Attorney has let AllofMP3.com off the hook after clearing the local peer-to-peer website of breaching copyright laws for offering more than 300,000 MP3 tracks for sale. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industries (IFPI) last month called on Russian authorities to take action against the website, which is unlicensed to distribute the IFPI's repertoire inside Russia and in all major markets. According to Tass, however, the case will not go to court because Russian copyright law does not cover digital media. The IFPI said it would appeal the ruling if the Tass report proves accurate. "We have received no confirmation of any decision, and we do not expect it for some time," the IFPI said. "However, if it is true that the prosecutor has not taken the case, this would be very disappointing considering the blatant and large-scale infringement that continues to take place."
Russian 10-Cent Music Download Site Targeted by AuthoritiesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 22, 2005 - 4:39am.
London -- Russian authorities have targeted a digital music site which for several years has offered songs for under 10 cents apiece, without first having obtained permission from rights holders, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). While AllofMP3.com claims it obtained licenses from a local clearing house -- the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society -- the IFPI maintains that any such licenses are not valid. "We have consistently said that Allofmp3.com is not licensed to distribute our members' repertoire in Russia or anywhere else. We are pleased that the police are bringing this important case to the attention of the prosecutor," said IFPI Moscow regional director Igor Pozhitkov. The Moscow City Prosecutor's Office now has until March 7 to decide whether or not to prosecute the operators of AllofMP3.com.
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