Russia Agrees to Shut Down Allofmp3

Russia has agreed with U.S. Trade Representative for an acceptance into the Word Trade Organization in return to crack down on web sites that offer illegal downloads. In response, Russia has ordered Allofmp3.com to shut down the site as part of the general crack down on illegal web sites.

United States says the company does not have the proper consent of its copyright holders. Allofmp3.com argues that it pays royalties to the music industry through a Russian organisation making it in full compliance with the Russian copyright law.

There are many internationally based web sites like Allofmp3 which offers music download service, and are continually coming under pressure from other countries to shut down. Many movie studios and music labels companies agree that these kinds of sites do not have permission to sell music since they do not pay the copyright holders.