AllOfMp3, the popular online music store, has been shut down by the Russian government. Pressure from the United States, and a refusal to enter the World Trade Organisation (WTO) convinced the Kremlin to take the website down for good.
Yes, it’s finally gone. Former allofmp3.com customers will be forced to go here or here or here …… well, you get the idea …
It’s highly unlikely that the disappearance of one discount music download service that takes advantage of international differences in intellectual property law will change the overall landscape or the direction of an inevitable trend.
I still can’t understand why media companies can’t process the obvious lesson here. If I were them, I’d be running with the wind on this one, instead of against the wind, as my ship slowly sinks …
