by Guest » Wed Sep 08, 2004 12:10 pm
Lowlander wrote:AllofMP3 is probably illegal. It pays the rights in Russia and downloading in Russia would be legal.
ROMS is charged with paying rights to all artists for which it collects moneys, whether abroad or domestic.
It is very questionable if downloading from outside Russia is considered legal. If RIAA got its way it would be illegal, but fighting copyright issues in Russia will probably not lead anywhere for them. I believe the original artists sees nothing or next to nothing in rights from songs sold in Russia.
It isn't anymore illegal than buying a book from amazon.com.uk, or music from a Canadian website as long as it is licensed by CRIA (Canadian version of the RIAA).
while the Russia-based Allofmp3.com, for example, has a download music store with appealingly low prices--but its licenses are based on Russian copyright laws, so its content may be illegal for users outside of that country.
from
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117637,00.asp
Copyright law is clear on this respect; you can purchase content (from physical books to software music) from anybody that has a right to sell it, regardless of borders. Look at hardware vendors: Nikon fights tooth and nail the grey market; the sale of cameras destined to other countries where they charge less for, on countries where they charge more for. They get less for those cameras, and it is their goods, but they can't call the practice illegal.
The U.S. could amend its copyright laws to render the practice illegal, but that's not here, not now. In the mean time I'll keep using allofmp3.com in hopes that other companies will see the light and emulate their functionality. Heck, for me is not the price (albeit that helps
) but their awesome functionality of encoding into just about anything and at any bitrate I could wish for.
[quote="Lowlander"]AllofMP3 is probably illegal. It pays the rights in Russia and downloading in Russia would be legal. [/quote]
ROMS is charged with paying rights to all artists for which it collects moneys, whether abroad or domestic.
[quote] It is very questionable if downloading from outside Russia is considered legal. If RIAA got its way it would be illegal, but fighting copyright issues in Russia will probably not lead anywhere for them. I believe the original artists sees nothing or next to nothing in rights from songs sold in Russia. [/quote]
It isn't anymore illegal than buying a book from amazon.com.uk, or music from a Canadian website as long as it is licensed by CRIA (Canadian version of the RIAA).
[quote]while the Russia-based Allofmp3.com, for example, has a download music store with appealingly low prices--but its licenses are based on Russian copyright laws, so its content may be illegal for users outside of that country.[/quote] from [url]http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117637,00.asp[/url]
Copyright law is clear on this respect; you can purchase content (from physical books to software music) from anybody that has a right to sell it, regardless of borders. Look at hardware vendors: Nikon fights tooth and nail the grey market; the sale of cameras destined to other countries where they charge less for, on countries where they charge more for. They get less for those cameras, and it is their goods, but they can't call the practice illegal.
The U.S. could amend its copyright laws to render the practice illegal, but that's not here, not now. In the mean time I'll keep using allofmp3.com in hopes that other companies will see the light and emulate their functionality. Heck, for me is not the price (albeit that helps :lol: ) but their awesome functionality of encoding into just about anything and at any bitrate I could wish for.