Many consumers who are accustomed to paying $1.00 per song and a minimum of $10.00 per album from iTunes, MusicMatch or Napster typically raise an eyebrow suspiciously at the prospect of AllofMP3.com, a service that charges users roughly five cents per song and offers nearly all its music in AAC, MP3, OGG and several other formats. How can this service be legal? How are artists compensated? And why are users not migrating in droves from the higher-cost services like iTunes and Napster? With these questions in mind, TechNewsWorld turned to MediaServices CIO Vadim Mamotin for an exclusive interview.
Mamotin says the RIAA didn't address him directly, but they have indirectly. According to the legal status page of ALLOFMP3 at FADMINE, at http://www.fadmine.com/allofmp3-legal-cheap-mp3s.html, the RIAA did tacitly condone ALLOFMP3 by pursuing other European MP3 sellers who were reselling ALLOFMP3 tracks.
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MediaServices CIO Vadim Mamotin on Russia’s AllofMP3.com
Posted by: Kirk L. Kroeker June 16, 2004 06:00 AMMany consumers who are accustomed to paying $1.00 per song and a minimum of $10.00 per album from iTunes, MusicMatch or Napster typically raise an eyebrow suspiciously at the prospect of AllofMP3.com, a service that charges users roughly five cents per song and offers nearly all its music in AAC, MP3, OGG and several other formats. How can this service be legal? How are artists compensated? And why are users not migrating in droves from the higher-cost services like iTunes and Napster? With these questions in mind, TechNewsWorld turned to MediaServices CIO Vadim Mamotin for an exclusive interview.