[access-uk] Re: Really good site I have found for Music downloads

  • From: "Mark Berrisford-Smith" <mark.berrisford-smith@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 00:44:08 +0100

Hi listers,

If you take a trawl round the net you will find that allofmp3.com is now firmly in the firing line for the copyright protection organisations in the UK and internationally. Indeed, it was referred to in the deliberations of a Parliamentary committee. About a month or so ago, it disappeared for a few days, but then returned. The only difference, so I'm told, is that they now charge VAT at the Russian rate of 18%.

Given the difficulty of pursuing them through the Russian courts, the strategy may be to go after individuals in the UK who use it extensively. I saw a figure quoted saying that it accounted for around 14% of UK music downloads, which would obviously upset the likes of iTunes.

Allofmp3.com charge for bandwidth, with the amount paid depending entirely on the volume of data downloaded. Thus, the higher resolution you choose, the more it will cost. The complaint of the copyright organisations is that they are not licensed and do not pay royalties to artists and performers. It may be legal to download from within Russia, but probably not from the UK.

That said, I agree entirely that it is a fantastic site. I've struggled to make sense of iTunes in the past, and think that Apple should hang their heads in shame by comparison with allofmp3.com, which has been built in an environment where the supposed protections of diversity and discrimination legislation probably don't apply, but is still relatively easy for any blind person to use so long as they have a reasonably competent screen-reader.

Not only is it accessible without anyone having to write specialist scripts, but it offers an unrivaled degree of flexibility. It encodes music in the way that YOU choose, with the user having the option to select the encoder, the format and the resolution. If only other music sites were half as good. The choice of music is limited in some respects, but they do add around 40 albums a day.

Perhaps the best advice is to tread with care and don't be surprised if it transforms into a higher-price fully legal service at some stage in the future. Whatever happens, it would be a huge shame if such a big collection of music and such a flexible service was to vanish altogether.

Sorry for the extended rant, but it's a subject I get quite wound up about!

Mark

----- Original Message ----- From: "Vanja Sudar" <vanja@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 8:18 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Really good site I have found for Music downloads


Ah glad to know that that's changed, like I said, when I used to visit it most of even 192 kbps stuff was joint stereo only. Lol I'm not sure of legalitty of it either though.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 7:23 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Really good site I have found for Music downloads


Hi Vanja,

It hasn't been just joined stereo for a while. You can encode in OGG
Vorbis, MP3, WMA, or whatever you like, at whatever bit rate you like, up to
CD quality. I am not sure of the legality of it, but I don't care, it's a
brilliant site, and the albums I have bought have been of superb quality.

All the best
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-----Original Message-----
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Vanja Sudar
Sent: 01 August 2006 15:55
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Really good site I have found for Music downloads

That's a big problem I have with that site, most of it is joint stereo, at
least when I last looked, which, mind you was quite a while ago.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dj Paddy" <mygroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 8:18 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Really good site I have found for Music downloads


It's got a graphical auth system.

I've written them and asked them to implament an audio alternative
system for those of us that can't see the graphics and pointed out
Microsoft, Google, Pay Pal etc's efforts to do this.

I think the prices look very fair, hopefully the 192's not joint stereo.
smiles.


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Hyde-Dryden" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 7:57 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Really good site I have found for Music
downloads


Nice one mate, Will take a look at it

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Collins" <Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 7:15 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Really good site I have found for Music
downloads


Steve - had a look at this website myself, and the quoted prices
seem to be for 192 bit, but it seems you can choose different rates
from 128 up to it would appear 384.

Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Hyde-Dryden" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 6:59 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Really good site I have found for Music
downloads


Hi Andrew, this sounds good but a quick question, what is the bit
rate of the downloads?

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 5:47 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Really good site I have found for Music
downloads


Hi,

I wrote an article a few years back relating to the Bignoise
download service at www.bignoisemusic.com.

I have in the last week found a download site that addresses this
issues, namely www.allofmp3.com.

The site is fairly quick, accessible and easy to use.  It offers
downloads of popular and not so popular albums in MP3 or Vorbis
file formats, and these are not in any special DRM format.

Most albums cost $1.50, but you have to buy in $10 increments.

I have so far downloaded about 6 albums from the site, and have
been happy with each one I got.

Hope this helps,
Andrew.
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