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Rugby

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Aug 28, 2004

15. Oct 8, 2005 8:06 AM

in response to: pdrayton

Re: www.mp3search.ru

unless you havent seen this:
Editors note on Russia
but you are are right, I would like to see more comments on the legality of this way of conducting business.
Besides the above link I have not seen more on this issue: i.e. is it legal to dump the price on songs if you work from another country ? Nepal ? 1cent a song ?
I find the prices on iTunes decent (roughly the same in Denmark as in US but we have a 25% VAT...)

Jon Seff

741 posts since
Dec 13, 2000

16. Oct 10, 2005 3:07 PM

in response to: pdrayton

Re: www.mp3search.ru

pdrayton, I never got an official response from anyone. But as I wrote in my blog back in July, they sell music by bands who don't allow their music to be sold as downloads (or, in the case of Metallica, band who only allow complete album sales, not individual track downloads). Which means the site doesn't have the blessing of the owners of the music. Does that make it illegal in Russia? I don't know the answer.

Jon Seff - Senior News Editor, Macworld

pdrayton

1,820 posts since
Sep 19, 2003

17. Oct 10, 2005 4:54 PM

in response to: Jon Seff

Re: www.mp3search.ru

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But as I wrote in my blog back in July, they sell music by bands who don't allow their music to be sold as downloads (or, in the case of Metallica, band who only allow complete album sales, not individual track downloads). Which means the site doesn't have the blessing of the owners of the music. Does that make it illegal in Russia? I don't know the answer.

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Thanks for trying to sense of the legalities of this!

I have no desire for a business to take advantage of me, nor do I have the desire for my business to be taken advantage of by a customer. As some artists seem to be taken advantage of by mp3search, I think I'll stick with iTunes Music Store which has the blessing of all parties involved.

Rugby

1,257 posts since
Aug 28, 2004

18. Oct 11, 2005 8:27 AM

in response to: Jon Seff

Re: www.mp3search.ru

just to try making a "longest thread ever" possible

how come it seems to be so hard to figure this one out ? There must be a policy somewhere on what you are allowed to do and what you can not.
To repeat: if I choose to (just as an example) establish my online music store in Nepal, would I be able to get away with (basically) nill artistic support ?
How come there is a copyright organisation that hunt down users of share web sites when this pass un noticed (?)

pdrayton

1,820 posts since
Sep 19, 2003

19. Oct 11, 2005 9:56 AM

in response to: Rugby

Re: www.mp3search.ru

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How come there is a copyright organisation that hunt down users of share web sites when this pass un noticed (?)

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Because US laws only apply within the US.

Russian laws regarding copyrights fall far short of most other countries... and Russia only emerged from Communism around 13-14 years ago.

It will probably take serious negotiations between the US government and Russian government to get Russian copyright laws up-to-speed with the rest of the world. Much the same thing happened when the US government pressured the Chinese government to respect software copyrights.

Alas, Microsoft has a lot more clout with the US government than musicians.

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