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Visa Cuts Off AllOfMp3.com
denebian devil writes "On the heals of allofmp3.com's press conference trying to clean up its image, Visa has suspended its credit card service to allofmp3.com. From the article "[Allofmp3 is] no longer permitted to accept Visa cards," said Simon Barker, a Visa International spokesman. "The action we've taken is in line with legislation passed in Russia and international copyright law."
Almost simultaneously, allofmp3.com has announced that it is shifting over to an ad-supported model. For those who don't want to (or can't) buy allofmp3's DRM-free music, they are providing DRM-laden music that can be played only within a restricted player provided by the website."
I think it would be fitting if the RIAA got a subpoena issued against VISA to give a listing of everyone who has purchased music from allofmp3.com and than sued them. While I'm normally not a supporter of those harsh tactics, I'm sick of everyone talking about allofmp3 as if it were a great thing. It's illegal, and unlike normal filesharing, you're making some russian mafia rich while you steal other people's music. I think it would be within their rights to do this, and possibly easier to track who purchased these songs then it is to go after other online music pirates. A real quick way to get a listing of thousands of people who have been directly stealing from them.
Sounds fitting to me.
Phil
I found an alternative, that better suits my taste of music and is completely legit, but a lot more expensive.
Bah, I already have an alternative that has just started to be expensive, the site is this, the problem is that it *might* be also more expensive than allofmp3, this is, you might end having to pay $3,000 or something to the RIAA or the other copyright owners, but only when they ask you to do it.
Mmmmm, didn't someone wrote about an insurance against RIAA lawsuits?, it might very well be useful in you choose this way of music distribution.
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