AllofMP3.com shutdown for good?

[NGC_604]

It's a safer way to pirate the music as well. No chance of the RIAA taking you to court because you downloaded 3 Stan Bush songs.

 

[leon94]

Originally posted by: bum
Since they just released allTunes recently (or at least I never knew about it), I'm guessing this wasn't expected. I'm remaining hopeful that it comes back up both because I had money in my account and I would probably turn to BT and usenet for music which really sucks.

Usenet does not suck for music. Where are you getting this from?

 

[ForumMaster]

it's back...

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

LoL! $25 a concert? Now you're dreaming!

The last show I saw ran me $160/ticket. I think that's the most I've ever paid but I've definitely paid more than $100 (face value) on a few occasions.

I think seeing U2 twice (at maybe $130 per ticket (*2 for the gf)) gives me the right to download their whole discography (though I bought it used anyway).

:shocked::Q:shocked::Q:shocked::Q
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow. Only concert I've been to was a Weird Al Concert....actually I think it was $40. And I get e-mails from They Might Be Giants with concert schedules - I they charge $20-25 for tickets...unless of course they're doing a free show. And heck, sometimes they charge for tickets, but the proceeds are donated to charity.

Wow.


I checked over Allofmp3.com - different songs come in different bitrates even on the same album??? They probably got their songs where everyone else does - filesharing networks.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: ValkyrieofHouston

Originally posted by: ArJuN
Wow you guys are retarded. You are buying illegal music knowingly. Why the hell not just download it for free? It's illegal both ways, but one case you save money and don't help stupid ass pirates.

It is not illegal.

You are not a Russian citizen. You can say its legality is undetermined for citizens of the US, but you can't give any type of blanket proof that it is not illegal.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
I checked over Allofmp3.com - different songs come in different bitrates even on the same album??? They probably got their songs where everyone else does - filesharing networks.

Allofmp3 allows you to download albums in different bitrates -- they say that it's "dynamically encoded", or something like that.

 

[ValkyrieofHouston]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: ValkyrieofHouston

Originally posted by: ArJuN
Wow you guys are retarded. You are buying illegal music knowingly. Why the hell not just download it for free? It's illegal both ways, but one case you save money and don't help stupid ass pirates.

It is not illegal.

You are not a Russian citizen. You can say its legality is undetermined for citizens of the US, but you can't give any type of blanket proof that it is not illegal.

:roll:

 

[lizardboy]

Looks like they're back up - working throught the explorer right now.

 

[SP33Demon]

Back up, just d/l 5 albums suckaz.

 

[GeneValgene]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: ValkyrieofHouston

Originally posted by: ArJuN
Wow you guys are retarded. You are buying illegal music knowingly. Why the hell not just download it for free? It's illegal both ways, but one case you save money and don't help stupid ass pirates.

It is not illegal.

You are not a Russian citizen. You can say its legality is undetermined for citizens of the US, but you can't give any type of blanket proof that it is not illegal.

unless you equate buying mp3s from allofmp3 as importing it...then it's legal :evil:

 

[Anubis]

the site is still up

 

[brxndxn]

I love Allofmp3.com

/doesn't care about the artists that decide to do business with the RIAA cartel
//doesn't care about the RIAA cartel
///enjoys seeing the music industry change for the better when being forced to compete with piracy

 

[paulney]

It's working intermittently. Was up yesterday, but downloads were disabled. Now I can't log in.

 

[imported_bum]

Oh sweet Jesus, thank the lord. I thought I was gonna have to turn to BT or Usenet. And yes, searching and download from BT and Usenet sucks compared to searching through an expansive catalog and clicking one button to have it delivered to my music folder, fully tagged, with encoder and bitrate of my choice.

 

[codeyf]

Yes, working! But the site is SOOOOOOOOO SLOOOOOOWWWWW.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: NutBucket
Meh. If I like an artist I'll pay for a concert.

People use that as their excuse, then pay for 5 concerts while they download and keep 100 CDs from 50 artists.

Well...
5 concerts, at let's say a bargain price of $25 each.
And one $20 T-shirt
$145

100 CDs at say $14 each. $1400. How much does the artist get from that? Need at least 10.36 cents per disc to make that $145. How much do the artists actually get from CDs? Anyone know any actual numbers on this?

LoL! $25 a concert? Now you're dreaming!

The last show I saw ran me $160/ticket. I think that's the most I've ever paid but I've definitely paid more than $100 (face value) on a few occasions.

I think seeing U2 twice (at maybe $130 per ticket (*2 for the gf)) gives me the right to download their whole discography (though I bought it used anyway).

concerts are gonna get worse. ticket master is now going to auction off its best tickets to the highest bidder. basicsally they wanted a cut of that ticket scalping goodness. but the result is legit customers are just screwed

 

[FeuerFrei]

I guess down time is cheaper than advertising. They're smart.

 

[mordantmonkey]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: NutBucket
Meh. If I like an artist I'll pay for a concert.

People use that as their excuse, then pay for 5 concerts while they download and keep 100 CDs from 50 artists.

Well...
5 concerts, at let's say a bargain price of $25 each.
And one $20 T-shirt
$145

100 CDs at say $14 each. $1400. How much does the artist get from that? Need at least 10.36 cents per disc to make that $145. How much do the artists actually get from CDs? Anyone know any actual numbers on this?

major artists get less than $1 per CD. even semi indie labels (kill rock stars, touch go, matador, etc) can pay out as little as one dollar depending on the band. The only time a band makes a good margin off of a CD is when they sell it at their own shows. They also get a large portion (much larger than CD sales) of concert ticket sales. I only buy CD's from touring artists at their shows for this reason. I download a fair share of music, but i also pay to see about 3 shows a week and probably buy 3 cds a month off of the artists themselves, so...

 

[SpanishFry]

Originally posted by: bum
Oh sweet Jesus, thank the lord. I thought I was gonna have to turn to BT or Usenet. And yes, searching and download from BT and Usenet sucks compared to searching through an expansive catalog and clicking one button to have it delivered to my music folder, fully tagged, with encoder and bitrate of my choice.

Depends on the source.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: mordantmonkey

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: NutBucket
Meh. If I like an artist I'll pay for a concert.

People use that as their excuse, then pay for 5 concerts while they download and keep 100 CDs from 50 artists.

Well...
5 concerts, at let's say a bargain price of $25 each.
And one $20 T-shirt
$145

100 CDs at say $14 each. $1400. How much does the artist get from that? Need at least 10.36 cents per disc to make that $145. How much do the artists actually get from CDs? Anyone know any actual numbers on this?

major artists get less than $1 per CD. even semi indie labels (kill rock stars, touch go, matador, etc) can pay out as little as one dollar depending on the band. The only time a band makes a good margin off of a CD is when they sell it at their own shows. They also get a large portion (much larger than CD sales) of concert ticket sales. I only buy CD's from touring artists at their shows for this reason. I download a fair share of music, but i also pay to see about 3 shows a week and probably buy 3 cds a month off of the artists themselves, so...

depends, the biggest stars that have renegotiate their deals and such get huge bucks. the rest get screwed. sorta like hollywood accounting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Back up, just d/l 5 albums suckaz.

"suckaz"?