> www.allofmp3.com > I'm sure the RIAA lawyers lose sleep over this site, and there's > nothing > they can do about it because of the intellectual property laws in > Russia. It seems strange to me to pay people good money for stolen music when one may as well steal it for free :-). Of course it's not technically stolen because theft is not illegal in Russia, or at least theft of IP isn't :-). Do note that while it's not illegal for them to provide you with the MP3s, in most countries it's illegal to receive them from them. They allude to this indirectly on their site (or did when I looked at the site a few months ago). Perversely, I was unable to get any of the larger "legal" MP3 sites to accept any form of payment that I could tender (including VISA). Lack of DRM on any material is a reasonable indication that a site probably is providing material which is illegal for you to acquire, even if not illegal for them to sell. FWIW in my country it is illegal to copy for your own personal use music from a CD or tape that you *OWN* to any other media (including another CD / tape or an MP3 etc player). (It's most unlikely that you would be prosecuted for doing this). In recent submissions to the government our recording industry representatives explained at length why this system was 'justified' and should be continued. Unfortunately there's no death penalty here for asinine gouging pond-scum, although there may be in Arizona :-). Our law DOES allow single backup copies to be made of computer "software" to unspecified media. Computer data appears to be implicit in this definition. I believe an excellent legal case could be made for the *fact* that all CD based material is computer data and even in part computer software material. (A CD player is an interpreter in the proper computer sense of the word :-)). I don't expect to ever see this concept tested in court. RM -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist