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Russia Agrees To Shut Down AllOfMP3.com
Pro-SEO writes, "An official document (PDF), dated November 19, summarizes an agreement between the U.S. and Russia in which Russia has agreed to close down AllofMP3.com, and any sites that 'permit illegal distribution of music and other copyright works.' The agreement is posted to the Web site for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. It summarizes the joint efforts of the two countries to fight content piracy, an issue in which Russia and Eastern Europe figure prominently." From the document: "This agreement sets the stage for further progress on IPR issues in Russia through the next phase of multilateral negotiations, during which the United States and other WTO members will examine Russia's IPR regime."
if it is was your money that was being stolen from you, would you be spouting the same rubbish?
-1, does not understand difference between crowdable and non-crowdable assets
It did not made the "reception" of such intellectual property legal on your country but what they were doing was completely legal and moral in their country.
And your weak link is that the orginal vendors were not receiving their required due, regardless of the laws of the land. This would be the people that create the content. Analogies about marijuana fall flat here, I am afraid.
What he can't kill, he has sex on. Trent.
Actually, at least half must be mildly in favour, or he wouldn't have got voted in for a second term, or he'd already be facing an inquest and/or impeachment over the Iraq War.
In the UK, Blair is getting a gut-kicking in the media, and Gordon Brown and his own backbenchers (members of his own party who aren't cabinet ministers) are being embarrassingly blunt and public about their desire for him to fuck off as quickly as possible.
When the American people start seriously mooting the idea of impeaching Bush, or someone has the balls to stand up and call for a vote of no confidence in the entire administration, then we'll believe "America the country" doesn't agree with Bush.
Until that day it seems reasonable to conclude that some Americans don't personally like Bush, but America the country is still busy humping his leg.
Everything in moderation, including moderation itself
Do you think the contracts would change if they weren't buying airtime? I'm going to try this one more time.
Internet.
What he can't kill, he has sex on. Trent.
It's amazing how many of you are defending flat out thievery. I mean, it's one thing to download some songs to listen to on your iPod, quite another to take songs which you have absolutely no right to and start selling them for profit. The balls of these guys to say, "Well we pay the Russian copyright organization, which has nothing to do with the RIAA, so we're going to sell RIAA music." It's ridiculous that they lasted so long!