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old link, but tells you something...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/11/mp3sparks_cogent_abdallah/
and if anybody ever pays attention to TOS:
http://account.mp3sparks.com/reg/reg.shtml (2nd paragraph) puts all the blame on the user.

May the IFPI and all they represent reap what they sow for what they did to allofmp3.

The only thing they did to AllOfMP3 is to force them to change name and hoster - it's MP3Sparks now. Similarly, the old MP3Sugar has been reincarnated as MP3Count.

I have a few close personal friends who do make a living off playing music, but it always becomes fairly hectic... you always have to be gigging to stay afloat. The thing is, most musicians who are not famous and touring end up doing a lot of teaching, which usually pays quite well, depending on the community. Sure, that's sort of an office job, but it's not quite the same as an IT guy or paper pusher.

Along with many others, I am a firm supporter of using records as advertisements for live shows. That said, it does require a good deal of money to record, produce, manufacture, and distribute an album. Happily, that's where the internet can come in doubly handy: it obviates manufacture and enables near-costless distribution (via P2P).

To be honest, I think that a lot of the record industry's problems could be solved if they improved the quality and lowered the cost of online music. Many people (myself included) pirate music from time to time because it's a) relatively easily available, and b) free. If there were a legitimized version of MP3Sparks charging the same prices, I think the record companies would see a lot more online sales. I am loathe to spend $12 on a new CD, especially in crappy 128 or 160kbps MP3 format, but give me 256k or lossless for $5 per CD and I'd start buying up a whole collection. Make it part of a social network community with easy music suggestion and you've got a goldmine.

so use http://mp3sparks.com/

you can use your allofmp3 account. no idea why the new domain.

What?

Arr, matey, it's actually been there all the time, and it's called MP3Sparks.com. You can even use the same account of old...

http://mp3sparks.com/

Not so late, and still great. A rose by any other name.... :)

Amarok is lighter than iTunes, it can sync iPod's flawlessly, (rip and put on music from any computer, any iPod) iTunes is not a reason to stay on Mac/Windows.

And in places, it's still AllOfMP3

FWIW, you can't pay by credit card at MP3Sparks either.

We accept payment made by credit or debit cards. Just specify the card type and payment sum. The money is added immediately upon card authorization.

That (along with Russia's desire to become a member of the WTO) is probably why allofmp3.com is now mp3Sparks.com, including the same logins/passwords and the same typos in the track names and album titles, and of course owned by the same people. more info here

Actually, it seems that http://www.mp3sparks.com/ already offers all the music from AoMP3.
So I guess AoMP3 has already reincarnated.

From what I understand, the RIAA...I mean, US Government...I mean, WTO actually named AllOfMp3 by name, rather than specifying that a specific class of service be suspended.

So even though MP3Sparks is the same site, run by the same company, offering the same service, since the name is different, they've successfully satisfied the WTO request in this regard.

FWIW, you can't pay by credit card at MP3Sparks either.

Actually, it seems that http://www.mp3sparks.com/ already offers all the music from AoMP3.

So I guess AoMP3 has already reincarnated.