Barely Legal - Slate Takes A Look at AllofMp3.com

[DudeAsInCool]

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Barely Legal

The hottest trend in file sharing.

By Dana Mulhauser

Posted Monday, March 28, 2005, at 12:35 PM PT

It's the dilemma of downloading: The guy in the next cubicle is using office bandwidth to download the new J.Lo album usingGrokster. But then your mother sends you newspaper clippings of all of those nice-looking people getting arrested for file sharing. You want to have the records without having a record. So, there you are—caught between your greed and a guilt complex.

Until you find the silver bullet—the legal way to download music for free. Or at least almost for free. And almost legal: It's calledAllofmp3.com, and it's the trendy, angst-free way to download copyrighted music. As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments tomorrow about the legality of Grokster, Aimster, and other file-sharing services, downloaders have been looking hopefully to Allofmp3.com as their only legitimate way to get 50 Cent for less than face value.

Read more here:

http://www.slate.com/id/2115868/

[Shawn]

Complete albums at cd quality for 2 bucks. Nothing more really need be said.

[Ken]

They won a recent injunction in the Russian courts, affirming their status even further.

They are technically legal in Russia.

[KiwiCoromandel]

good article dude......i`ve managed to get quite a bit of good free stuff off that site over the last couple of years..... :)