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Originally Posted by solaris
Here's one more 1½ year old article - but in the same evergreen ballpark: The reason AllOfMP3.com is a shadow of its once mighty self is NOT because of legality issues (because those could have been overcome) - but instead it's because of the enviousness of the whole music industry; that these Russians were the first ones to come up with the PERFECT online music store business model 
Full article here:
TechWeb: The Business Technology Network
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Hear, hear. As the RIAA and IFPI see it, we who buy from "respectable" online services are not fulfilling our half of a contract, we are paying tribute to the gods wearing Rolexes, who are rightfully entitled to our money with nothing they need to do in return.
Imagine Itunes trying to give away fifteen free tracks to the first 5000 people to sign up. They'd be slapped with an RIAA injunction inside of thirty minutes.