Uh-oh.  AllOfMP3.com is in trouble - Dad’s home

Looks like Daddy finally came home, and AllOfMP3 is gonna get a whuppin’.  As we all know here in these lawyer-saturated United States, when the law isn’t actually on your side yet - you can always sue!

Several major record labels sued the operator of the Russian music Web site AllofMP3.com on Wednesday, claiming the company has been profiting by selling copies of music without their permission.

The lawsuit was filed in federal court in New York against Moscow-based Mediaservices, which owns AllofMP3 and another music site, allTunes.com.

A slate of major record labels, including Arista Records LLC, Warner Bros. Records Inc., Capitol Records Inc. and UMG Recordings Inc., are behind the lawsuit.

I wonder how many “labels” are really involved.  I mean there are only 5 labels anymore.  Who owns Arista these days?  Not that it matters...a judgment against AllOfMP3 will do what the State Department hasn’t.  Money talks.  Doesn’t matter if AllOfMP3 is technically legal under current Russian law. 

The music business is - in it’s entirety - in a total state of denial about why people hate them, aren’t they?

I’m at a loss to understand why they don’t just get together and offer the same service as AllOfMP3.com.  Instead of wasting money on a band-aid solution (stemming the alleged flow of “piracy") they could spend the money on an investment in both the future and in customer trust and good will.  Build a service that offers major label music in various formats for a very fair price.  People will flock to it and pay good money for shit music.

I’m actually confused as to why these idiots can’t see the obvious solution.  It’s called a free market, people.  Use it.  You’re the record company - you can tell the world that your MP3s are encoded from the original masters and sound 30% better than anyone else’s.  Most of the world will swear it’s true even if you’re lying.  That hook alone will bury the competition, both legitimate and illicit.

Plus, you’ll be undercutting Apple’s itunes.  Come on...how sweet is that?  Everyone wins.  Ever try to think up a solution where everyone wins instead of the consumer losing over and over again?

Posted by JimK at 05:24 PM on December 21, 2006
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