Howard Winter wrote:

>>> 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.
>> 
>> Of course it's not technically stolen because theft is not illegal in
>> Russia, or at least theft of IP isn't :-).
> 
> Actually, using the word "theft" is a psychological trick by the music
> (and software) industries

Also called propaganda (not the positive or neutral meaning :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda

> Copying music without permission is a copyright violation, not theft. 
> Copyright law varies a lot from place to place, including being absent
> in some places! 

And copying music without violating the law is... How about "legal use"
instead of "theft"? 

It's really not Russia's problem that some other country's view of some
ways to make money doesn't match theirs. And opening their borders for
international commerce has always been a proposal of the "free world",
remember? Sounds strange that now the "free world" complains when they do
exactly that... Their copyright laws don't sound exactly absurd; there's a
logic in it. It's just different, not targeted towards creating a mega
billion business. 

http://www.museekster.com/allofmp3faq.htm: Some comments to legality 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allofmp3

http://www.museekster.com/legalmusic.htm: A list of legal download sites
(probably not complete, doesn't look 100% correct) 

Gerhard

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