The site charges US$2.69 for Justin Timberlake’s album "Future Sex/Love Sounds," far less than the $13.99 charged by some U.S. He did not explain why artists would choose to draw their 15 percent royalties on AllofMP3’s low prices. In our opinion, we and the artists would be better off dealing directly with each other," Mamotin said. They are concerned with making money for themselves, not the artists. "Let’s start with the fact that the record companies have little regard for the majority of musicians. In response to being charged with running a pirate website, Mamotin insisted that AllofMP3 was a better safeguard of artists’ interests than commercial record companies. Our view is that they are illegal," Jacob said.
There is an injunction against them in Germany, and the Italian site has been taken down. There are two court cases in Russia right now being brought by the prosecutor. "We believe they are illegal in Russia and outside. International courts are now weighing the debate, said Alex Jacob, an IFPI spokesman in London. ROMS does not have the mandate from any of the relevant copyright owners." Clearly, the record industry is trying to gain additional leverage before entering into direct negotiations with either us or ROMS."ĭisgruntled artists are free to ask ROMS to remove their songs from, but only a few have done so, he said.Īn umbrella group of record labels disputed that point, according to a statement by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI): "Copyright societies representing hundreds of thousands of composers, authors and music publishers around the world have written to ROMS making it plain that ROMS has received no such rights from them. ROMS has offered to pay the record companies the royalties they collected but been rebuffed. "We operate under Russian law, we pay taxes in Russia and we pay royalties to ROMS, the official licensing agent in Russia.
"What more is AllofMP3 do?" Mamotin said. is defending itself against music piracy lawsuits by record industry groups including the British Phonographic Industry and similar charges by music labels Universal Music Group, Warner Music, SonyBMG Music Entertainment and EMI Group.
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