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From | Ken Kase <kenkase@nighttimes.com> |
Subject | Re: allofmp3 |
Date | Sun, 05 Jun 2005 01:29:04 -0500 |
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I know of a fine Russian site I've dealt with for a couple of years now.
They have always given prompt service and never ripped me off.
http://www.musiccdvideo.com/
They offer high quality compact discs.
--Ken
On 6/5/05 12:45 AM, "Gary Littleton" <gary@garylittleton.com> wrote:
> I've been using these for at least 2 years with no problem, and I researched
> whether they had any credit card fraud beforehand. Just because they are
> russian doesn't automatically mean they are going to rip you off. Just do a
> little homework before giving a company your credit card. Also for me it's
> not an issue whether the artist makes money here, as I own CDs of most
> everything I download. It's just allofmp3.com is so cheap that we use it to
> download stuff to add to our house mp3 server (squeezebox) instead of going
> over to the CD rack and ripping a song. If we download songs we don't own,
> and we end up liking them, then we always get the CD.
>
> Also until itunes and the rest of them have reasonable rates for a song,
> which for me would be .25 cents max with no copy protection, I have no
> intention of supporting any of them. I've lost all my mp3s multiple times,
> so I consider it a throwaway format, unless you are going to take great care
> to backup every Mp3 you purchase in a way it can be easily restored.
>
> Cheers,
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
> Anna Borg
> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 2:21 AM
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Emusic/Audities subscription
>
> don't know about allofmp3.com, but Mp3search.ru is a PIRATE/BOOTLEG site.
> No artists make any money off any of the downloads. All my stuff is up
> there and we'll never see a penny. They skirt around copyright laws with
> some Russian legal system jargon that is unbelievable. I'd rather someone
> swap files for free than give a penny to a site like that.
>
> And geez...who gives their credit card info to a Russian site? There is no
> protection whatsoever.
>
> anna
>
>
> --- Gary Littleton <gary@garylittleton.com> wrote:
>
>> I like allofmp3.com. You can select the encoding rate you want, and
>> it's about 5-10 cents a song. You don't have to subscribe, you just
>> give them a balance (I charge $10 or $20 on my credit card) and then
>> download songs until your balance reaches zero. Mp3search.ru works the
>> same way. Also you get unprotected mp3s from these services, unlike
>> some of the others that incorporate some form of media protection.
>> Cheers, Gary
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: audities-owner@smoe.org
>> [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
>> bob_hutton@standardlife.com
>> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 8:41 AM
>> To: audities@smoe.org
>> Subject: Emusic/Audities subscription
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Having recently taken delivery of a home PC, how does one go about
>> subscribing/unsubscribing from the list (digest) etc .... (I've lost
>> my original instructions from my work mailbox).
>>
>> Also can you chaps tell me about Emusic - is it worth using? Are
>> there any similar things out there which are as good or even better?
>> (I did try RealRhapsody but it only accepts subscription if from
>> United States residents, not for us over in the UK).
>>
>>
>>
>> Bob Hutton
>> Systems Developer
>> IS DG2
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
> Anna Borg
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> TallBoy Records
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