AllOfMP3 Found Legal By Russian Court

We have posted many times about AllOfMP3.com in the past, and chances are this will not be the last. The music service was in dire straits for many months before finally being shut down due to the Russian governments persuasive push. Weeks ago, we learned that the head of the service had to go to trial, to see if he was actually guilty of anything. As it turns out, he wasn’t. Add to that, AllOfMP3.com turns out to be completely legal under Russian law.

EMI, NBC Universal and Time Warner took Denis Kvasov to court claiming that AllofMP3’s cheap prices breached copyright laws. AllofMP3 went offline July 2 following continued pressure from the US Government on Russia to shut the site, including an escalation of the dispute to the World Trade Organization. AllofMP3 was also the subject of a lawsuit filed in New York last December that attempted to claim damages of $1.65 trillion.

Source: TechCrunch