Tech Shout!

We all know about what happened to the infamous Russian music download site www.allofmp3.com. But the latest buzz is that it is all geared to make a come back, following a ruling where the judge proclaimed the company’s former head as “not guilty” pf stealing intellectual property.

A statement issued on the website maintained that regular service will be resumed soon. However no precise days and details were revealed. “The service will be resumed in the foreseeable future. We are doing our best at the moment to ensure that all our users can use their accounts, top up balance and order music,” it added.

In July, following a summit between the Russian and American presidents - Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush in Maine, www.allofmp3.com was closed down following objections over its presence were raised by US and three noted record companies. In fact the US made it a focal point of negotiations that resulted in Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organization.

The U.S. Commerce Department had termed the site to be “the world’s highest-volume online seller of pirated music.” In addition, US and UK record labels claimed the site sold music illegally.

“The prosecution did not succeed in presenting persuasive evidence of his involvement in infringing copyright law,” maintained District Judge Yekaterina Sharapova. Kvasov disputed that complying with the Russian laws; the site did pay 15 percent of its profits to the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society (Roms).

Oleg Nezus of Roms stated that though he had reminded the record labels of their royalties, they had not responded. “We pay royalties to those who sign up with us and ask for them. But none of the majors, among them I mean labels like EMI and Universal, want their money,” he added.

Now it seems that perhaps there will be an appeal by Russian prosecutors against this ruling, but all said and done, www.allofmp3.com is ready to hit it again!