The position of allofmp3 is that they have the necessary rights and that they are operating legally
Originally Posted by BetaNews
AllofMP3 claims it has licenses from Russian Multimedia and Internet Society (ROMS) and the Rightholders Federation for Collective Copyright Management of Works Used Interactively (FAIR). But the music industry has called the ROMS license invalid and said it would not cover users in foreign countries.
BetaNews Article Now the British Phonographic Industry is telling Uk users that it is illegal to use, but that they will be prosecuting AllofMP3, which they got the Ok to do this week from the high court, not the UK users.
Roms say
Originally Posted by ROMS
According to Section 2 of Clause 47 of the Law of Russian Federation on Copyright and Related Rights, any owner of copyright or related rights that had concluded an agreement with ROMS, has the right to demand due compensation according to the distribution performed by ROMS.
I suspect that if a percentage of the sale price is charged in royalties to go to record companies & artists then they would be annoyed if the site is charging so little for the tracks.
Yes the law is changing:
Originally Posted by ROMS
On July 28th, 2004, new amendments to the Federal Law "On Copyright and Neighboring Rights" came into force.
Among the amendments of prime importance is the introduction of new authors'/performers' and phonogram manufacturers' right - the right of "notification via digital networks", which covers the use of works, performances and phonograms in digital environment and networks, Internet in particular.
This means the related rights holders will be able to personally issue licenses for the use of performances and phonograms in the Internet and collect the due remuneration in case of exclusion of such rights from the society for collective rights administration's repertory.
The amendments relative to this right will come into force on September 1st 2006
By the way this site has second place in the market behind Itunes in the UK.