Allofmp3.com down?

[SP33Demon]

Weird, I was able to access the site at lunch time and it's been down since. Anyone else able to get to it?

 

[UsandThem]

Down for me as well.

 

[imported_bum]

Alltunes.com

edit: the website doesn't seem to be working now... hmm...

But anyway, allofmp3 switched over to allTunes software awhile ago. It's basically the same thing as allofmp3 explorer and it will transfer over your credits anyway. Not sure why they did this, but it was around they time allofmp3 was in trouble with Russian police.

 

[Fritzo]

Yeah, I just put $10 on my account the other night, then it went down. Damn them...they were my only source for rare blues albums 🙁

 

[imported_bum]

Crap... I just realized the allTunes software won't work either. Going back to BT and usenet for music will suck.

 

[jpeyton]

They go down periodically, but they always go back up. Try back in a few hours.

 

[KillerCharlie]

No more illegal mp3s for you.

 

[DrPizza]

There was a thead in P&N about it... (it was on the top page earlier; I don't know where it went, search not working) apparently some federal agency working with diplomats in Russia have finally come up with some agreement to force it to be closed, and also forced them to release records of who has purchased mp3's from them. It clearly violates US copyright laws. A massive number of RIAA suits are expected to follow, as "I didn't know it was illegal" isn't a defense. 🙁 It strikes a big blow to allofmp3 users. With all the Jon Benet threads, it must have been bumped off the top page or something.

 

[FP]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
There was a thead in P&N about it... (it was on the top page earlier; I don't know where it went, search not working) apparently some federal agency working with diplomats in Russia have finally come up with some agreement to force it to be closed, and also forced them to release records of who has purchased mp3's from them. It clearly violates US copyright laws. A massive number of RIAA suits are expected to follow, as "I didn't know it was illegal" isn't a defense. 🙁 It strikes a big blow to allofmp3 users. With all the Jon Benet threads, it must have been bumped off the top page or something.

That would actually be quite funny.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: binister

Originally posted by: DrPizza
There was a thead in P&N about it... (it was on the top page earlier; I don't know where it went, search not working) apparently some federal agency working with diplomats in Russia have finally come up with some agreement to force it to be closed, and also forced them to release records of who has purchased mp3's from them. It clearly violates US copyright laws. A massive number of RIAA suits are expected to follow, as "I didn't know it was illegal" isn't a defense. 🙁 It strikes a big blow to allofmp3 users. With all the Jon Benet threads, it must have been bumped off the top page or something.

That would actually be quite funny.

There was actually news about Russian officials raiding the offices and shutting down their servers. But that didn't last long at all; they moved their servers to a new location and they are actually faster now.

I'm not worried about RIAA at all, records or not. But clearly at this point, the site is still operational, they are still releasing new software and new albums, and their servers are still online.

And didn't you guys know, the best defense against RIAA nowadays in unsecuring your wireless router. Then you don't know who did it.

 

[DrPizza]

awwww, you guys were supposed to go along with it 🙂 There's nothing more fun than creating paranoia.

 

[thomsbrain]

you expected criminals to care whether or not their site is working? they scam artists, why shouldn't they scam your ass, too?

 

[SophalotJack]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
you expected criminals to care whether or not their site is working? they scam artists, why shouldn't they scam your ass, too?

lol oh man... I was reading your post when I was thinking "LOL, wanna be musician? Cello player in a big city, maybe?"

Then I saw your sig and realized I am awesome.

Edit: .... AND you drive a honda (that runs as good as a 2007 off the lot)!! Go classic rock man, go! Fvcking ROFL. What were you saying about criminals, poser?

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
you expected criminals to care whether or not their site is working? they scam artists, why shouldn't they scam your ass, too?

I don't really care at this point. I've downloaded so much music from them, DRM-free, high-quality 320kbps VBR, and I paid around a dime per song. Even if they swallowed what little balance I have in my account, I'd still come out over iTunes by a few hundred dollars.