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[NMLUG] Re: legal music downloads?
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 10:52:43PM -0000, Leila Potts wrote:
> "Larry W. Wood" <lwwoody@comcast.net> said:
>
> > On Jul 30, 2004, at 4:04 PM, Robert wrote:
> > > downloading from iTunes / Napster is [legal], because you are paying
> > > that company, which in turn pays those who
> > > own the copyrights.
> >
> > But, what about downloading from that Rusky site (allofmp3.com), which
> > says that they pay some Russian music federation which claims that
> > they, in turn, pay the copyright holder. They also claim that they
> > offer some music in CDAudio format (that, I guess, would show up as
> > AIFF or WAV). Can anyone verify this, or whether it's safe to give
> > them a credit card #? -- Woody
> >
>
> What they say about paying the copyright holder is true, at least if you're in
> Russia. The RIAA has a special agreement with Russia so that Russians can
> obtain US music with a different pricing scheme. However, that agreement
> states that it's for people living in _Russia_, specifically, so that's why it
> may be legal for them but not for us. I don't know.
>
> As far as paying them, I went ahead and did it. I gave them $10 via credit
> card but since I was a little nervous doing so, I used one of those "one-time
> use" numbers. The transaction went smooth and I've had no problems. I'm no
> longer apprehensive about giving them more money. But that may be a while,
> considering $10 goes a LONG way.
I decided to give them a try as well. They are the standard to which an
online download house should judge themselves IMHO. Pretty impressive the way
the system operates.
>
> Leila
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