Allofmp3.com Shutdown

07/05/07
. (punkbands) Russian download site Allofmp3.com has been shut down. The service, which sold songs at a fraction of the cost of the other sites, claimed to be the second biggest seller of music downloads after iTunes. The site has been the subject of several lawsuits from UK and US record labels that claimed it violated copyright law, reports BBC News.

The site's owners MediaServices maintained the site was legal under Russian law, and has subsequently set up a new service called mp3Sparks.com.
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