AllofMP3.com OK for US
p2pnet.net News:- US music lovers are legally entitled to buy and download music from AllofMP3.com, says Vadim Mamotin, director general of Mediaservices, Allofmp3’s parent company.
“If the RIAA had done its homework, it would have discovered that even under US law, consumers apparently have a legal basis to purchase music from AllofMP3,” he says.
“There is absolutely no legal basis for the campaign against AllofMP3.”
Moreover, AllofMP3 would cooperate with the Big Four Organized Music cartel by removing disputed songs —– “if the copyright holders request such action and can prove they own the rights,” says Mamotin in a statement.
RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) boss Mitch Bainwol claims AllofMP3.com is a pirate site but that’s, “preposterous,” declares Mamotin, going on:
“It is evident that Bainwol is deliberately trying to mischaracterize the site or considers those that pay fees to licensing societies to be thieves.”
Based in Russia, the site operates under Articles 44 and 45 of the laws of the Russian Federation on copyright and related rights and, “The question has never been whether AllofMP3 is legal,” says a company statement, going on:
“The Russian Copyright Law unequivocally provides a legal basis for the company to operate. The question that concerns the big record companies is whether U.S. consumers are legally purchasing music from AllofMP3, and we believe the answer is yes.
“U.S. consumers are most likely legally purchasing music from AllofMP3 based on a thorough legal review of U.S. statues such as 17 U.S.C. sections 602(a), 1008, 1001, 109, 107, 117 among others.
“Specifically, Private Importation, the “iPod†exception, Fair Use provisions, and the First Sale doctrine give consumers a legal basis to purchase music from Mediaservices, Inc.”
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November 28th, 2006 at 9:16 pm
Check out this
http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Document_Library/Fact_Sheets/2006/asset_upload_file151_9980.pdf
November 30th, 2006 at 1:34 pm
i have checked the linked document, the trade afreement between Russia and the USA.
Some of the items on the agrrement and my comments:
“The United States and Russia agreed on the objective of permanently closing down production of optical media containing pirated and counterfeit material.”.
Well, Sony has at leas 24 CDs with songs that belong to my family, without my family’s authorization. We sued in 2001 fro this. There is no controversy on the facts, yet no one has told Sony to stop. Meaning that the “closing down of production” is more or less bullshit, at leas in the USA.
“Russia will: inspect licensed plants regularly, day and night;”
This is not done in the USA, and record producers, including RIAA ones, routinely use music without any authorization from the copyright holders and do not pay any royalties as a result. Real piracy. There are about 75 records manufactured in the USA (24 by Sony) with our music, and not a single one has a license from us or has paid a single cent. Clearly the Russians will have to do what the Americans themselves do not do.
“Russial will: find and shut down unlicensed plants”
See above.
“Russia will: take criminal actions where there is evidence of commercial scale piracy.”
See above. My family went through a trial recently. We proved that two music publishers actually stole the music composed by my father. Of these stolen songs, 80 are currently registered in the music publisher’s name. What did the judge do? Nothing.
Clearly, American want other to do what they themselves do not do.
Rafael venegas
http://www.gvenegas.com