Your long explanation of the royalty process is jibberish. This is a VERY complicated subject, and what you have quoted is simply rationalization of the legality of a pay-for-pirated music site. For example, ever hear of "mechanical royalties"? You fail to mention these. FYI--this is how the performing artist gets paid. Yes, when Rod Stewart records album after album of "standards", he actually MAKES MONEY from the sales. Not just the composer/publisher. Likewise, he gets money from internet sales. You are generally correct, however, that he gets nothing for radio play royalties. Somehow, that was considered promotional for record sales--where he got something. Internet downloads are considered a form of mechanical recording sale. The rates of royalties are all over the place, and changing (in the artists favor generally) quickly. Saying there are no royalties as that article does is not true, however.

Interesting discussion.

Glad that I live in Amsterdam. The Dutch Copyright Act of 1912 (insert satanic laughter) makes things much easier:

BREIN (the Dutch RIAA) was not amused. They went to court and bit the dust. Technodesign vs. BREIN: http://www.solv.nl/Rechtspraak-6.pagina?nid=5&lang=en .

Downloading music, movies, dirty pictures, and eBooks for personal use is legal even if the source is not. Russian sites, P2P networks, anything goes. As long as you only download (not upload) you can legally keep the bits and bytes flowing in.

Hahaha...da's geweldig!

<yawn>

You've made your point. Don't think the service is legal? Don't use it.

Don't like Howard Stern? Don't Listen.

Don't like the thread? Move on...

BTW, if you use the allofmp3.com explorer app, go to download>settings>download and crank up the 'simultaneous threads per file' number to 18. You'll increase your download speeds by 3-10x.

There ya go. If anyone asks where you aquired the music just say 'internet cafe in Amsterdam'. In fact I'm writing a massive long list of albums I plan to download, in Amsterdam

I do have one question though. Do that artists recieve ANY money at all as that might change my mind on the subject?

Stealing is stealing, regardless of the rationalizations.

Don't know about allofmp3.com, but in The Netherlands and many other countries artists receive money for private copying through a levy charged on blank CDs, DVDs, etc.: http://www.onbezorgdkopieren.nl/User...ven%202005.pdf (pdf file in dutch, but I'm sure you can read the numbers). Any recording company - not just the dutch ones - can apply for a cut.

If you burn your own pictures on a DVD, you still pay the artists. Even if you never ever listen to any music and never buy blank CDs the artists still get some of your money, because clubs, theaters, opera houses etc. are subsidized.

I see. Well that's ok I guess, I can't imagine it's a huge 'tax'.

�0.52 (US$0.64) for a blank audio CD.

If you want to support the artists, don't buy their CDs. Use the money for concert tickets instead.

The guy that took the type to type up a post with "yawn" is telling me to move on? That's rich.

I agree. And speeding is breaking the law.

Yes. I'm working on being less of a hypocrite. Taking Pills and injections.

And I agree with that. Some speeders wind up in jail, too.

I downloaded alltunes, but when I start it, I gt a wondow that says "connecting to servers" and never goes any further.