Comments on: Death bell for AllofMP3.com?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:09:47 +0000

lol, Thanks for the catch…..none of us are perfect – point still stands though about their income.

_-Jile-_

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:15:16 +0000

One small note:
“remember – communist country” – There is no communism,although they are heading to gov with a strong leadership.

Klimax

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:34:36 +0000

The Russian courts may be obligated to review the lawsuit, but if the allegations are not violations of Russian laws, nothing is going to happen. In fact, allofmp3 has already been through the Russian courts twice with no adverse effect. They are, in fact, paying a Russian organization royalties for the music they sell. The BPI’s making a stink because they aren’t getting a cut of it. That’s an issue for the BPI and it’s Russian equivalent to sort out.

Even if the BPI wins a judgement in the UK, it will be unlikely that they will be able to enforce it, particularly if the Russian court rules that no violation of Russian law has occured. The BPI’s case is tenuous from a jurisdictional point of view as well. Allofmp3 has no nexus to the UK other than the fact that UK residents (and anyone else with uncensored, unfiltered internet access) can view the site and download from it. Nearly every court has ruled that the ubiquity of the internet disqualifies this argument as creating a genuine nexus, compared to operating a server within that jurisdiction, that would create a nexus.

The BPI also claims that because the allofmp3 site is produced in English, rather than Russian, it is targeting UK residents. This is a rather disingenuous argument as English has become the de facto common currency of human language on this Earth. Perhaps if the Kenyan equivalent of the BPI complained that the site was produced in Swahili, that would be a stronger argument, but the BPI’s assertion that the use of the English language on the allofmp3 site somehow gives their allegations greater standing is just absurd.

–TG

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:03:33 +0000

So it looks like the **AA’s and the like have learned from leaning on the admin of the US to lean on Sweden that it didn’t go over well once the news got out about how it came to be. Funny that right after that, the admin of the US was eager to let the rest of the world know they didn’t do such. Typical politics with a typical political answer; one reason far fewer trust the US government world wide.

Even it’s own citizens view the government with suspicion. It is obvious the polical leaders of this country don’t have the best interests of the citizens that voted them into offical capacity at heart. They are far to interested in returning to the feeding point and taking yet more under-the-table funds for their polical warchests. Limited terms, throwing the incumbents out, and limiting access by lobby groups are becoming more and more meaningful as methods to deal with the situtation by the public at large. It is reaching the point that we will have to demand those in Washington take notice in order to get it done.

Once such method would be to see all seats replaced by third party independant candidates. While it is wishful thinking because most of the citizens seem to feel as long as the bread and circuses continue they are ok, one day we may soon wake up to see Washington coming down in much the same way as Rome did. At present the polical heads seem more interested in playing polical games and oneupmanship than they are in running the country. This extents right down to the local levels. A prime example of that is when it comes time to clear the new years budget. It seems that it is a wrestling match over who is bigger and badder with the needs of the country coming in second place at best.