Allofmp3.com Wins Court Case

remove writes "Gizmodo is running a story from a reader tip that claims that the russian site Allofmp3.com, popular with slashdotters for their user selectable format which had been reported as being under investigation recently has been let off the hook by the Russian DA, becuase of a loophole in russian law which allows users create copies of songs by request. Basically, even though the courts have found their site operator's behavior to be illegal- they can't prosecute because the user dynamically creates copies of songs to be downloaded themselves."

Next week on Slashdot:

[Soat]

KDE team develops their own music service, called KMart. Martha Stewart sues, but goes back to jail when a background check reveals she's been pirating music for years.

Re:The process

[Skye16]

I donno, but I'd like to buy him another beer.

Re:Question

[Arbin]

No. *insert RIAA stomping foot sound here*

So what happens if...

[markmcb]

...I go beat down some old lady in Russia, break into her house, and then rip all of her CD's onto my laptop? I mean, it's illegal, but I'm protected by that loophole... right?

Re:And this is good because?

[cflorio]

No, it's good because the downloads cost $0.02 per Mb...

Britney Spears needs to eat too!

[yutt]

Britney Spears is starving to death because of these damned immoral Russians!

I can't believe Slashdotters support this. How many amazing talents (Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Eminem; to name a few) do we have to lose to malnutrition before Americans wake up and realize piracy is not right, and it hurts real people?

Ahem...

[neo]

Basically, even though the courts have found their site operator's behavior to be illegal- they can't prosecute because the user dynamically creates copies of songs to be downloaded themselves.

[cough]Bribes.[/cough]

These guys are just lucky they made enough money to convince the courts that their "users cynamically create" their copies.

Re:And this is good because?

[anonicon]

"And this is good beacuse a Russian business is making money by selling copies of US (and Euro, etc.) musicians' work, but paying them nothing in return? Is that about right?"

Yep, they're operating a lot like the American and European record labels have done for years.