Celtkin
06-03-2006, 12:43 PM
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MOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- A Russian Web site that lets visitors download albums for less than $1 is a smash hit with music fans -- but not with U.S. trade and music industry officials.
The site is a pirate, they allege, and say Russia's failure to close it down presents a direct obstacle to the country's negotiations to join the World Trade Organization.
The site, they allege, amounts to a haven for music pirates. They say it presents a direct obstacle to Russia's negotiations to join the World Trade Organization.
Russia is already the second-biggest source of pirated music film and software in the world after China -- costing U.S. companies nearly $1.8 billion last year, according to anti-piracy groups. The Web site -- Allofmp3.com (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) -- just adds to the dispute.
MOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- A Russian Web site that lets visitors download albums for less than $1 is a smash hit with music fans -- but not with U.S. trade and music industry officials.
The site is a pirate, they allege, and say Russia's failure to close it down presents a direct obstacle to the country's negotiations to join the World Trade Organization.
The site, they allege, amounts to a haven for music pirates. They say it presents a direct obstacle to Russia's negotiations to join the World Trade Organization.
Russia is already the second-biggest source of pirated music film and software in the world after China -- costing U.S. companies nearly $1.8 billion last year, according to anti-piracy groups. The Web site -- Allofmp3.com (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) -- just adds to the dispute.