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" 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 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> For more information on Standard Life, visit our >> website >> http://www.standardlife.co.uk/ >> >> The Standard Life Assurance Company, Standard Life >> House, 30 Lothian Road, >> Edinburgh EH1 2DH, is registered in Scotland (No. >> SZ4) and is authorised and >> regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Tel: >> 0131 225 2552 - calls >> may be recorded or monitored. This confidential >> e-mail is for the addressee >> only. If received in error, do not >> retain/copy/disclose it without our >> consent and please return it to us. We virus scan >> and monitor all e-mails >> but are not responsible for any damage caused by a >> virus or alteration by a >> third party after it is sent. >> >> >> > > > Anna Borg > AIM: cakeab > TallBoy Records > P.O. Box 27757 > Los Angeles, CA 90027-0757 > > http://www.tallboyrecords.com >