US OKs Russia's WTO membership - AllofMP3 users be wary - GoFuckYourself.com

borked · 11-19-2006, 10:16 AM

Over the last couple of years, the US was the only member of the 149-nation WTO that was blocking Russia's application to the WTO because it had reservations on Russia's human rights record, state control over key energy resources, intellectual property rights, and restrictions on the activity of foreign companies.

Now the US is satisfied that Russia has complied with these, the US and Russia just signed an 800-page trade pact, which leaves Russia free to join the WTO

FUll story here

The big deal? one of it's previous reservations, Russia's dealings with intellectual property rights was SOLELY accountable to AllofMP3.com, that fantastic MP3 distributer allowing 'legal' downloading of songs for pennies.

The US heavyweights already put strong pressure on AllofMP3, with Visa and Mastercard persuaded to cut of AllofMP3 from all transactions, but this aggreement means that the Russian government will now have to take action against AllofMP3 (either now or once it is a WTO member).

Who know what that action may be, but disclosure of user details may well be one of them, given the RIAAs track record on such things...

Be wary boys and girls.

Zuss · 11-19-2006, 10:38 AM

i hate that shit. Allofmp3.com is perfectly LEGAL and the only serious alternative to filesharing.

pimplink · 11-19-2006, 02:50 PM

What? It ain't good news to us. We'll have to watch out for this.

Pimpin_J · 11-19-2006, 02:58 PM

Thats just a joke...

RK · 11-19-2006, 03:14 PM

Isn't this actually good news? Less piracy means more money for us.

11-19-2006, 10:16 AM	#1
borked Totally Borked Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,284	US OKs Russia's WTO membership - AllofMP3 users be wary Over the last couple of years, the US was the only member of the 149-nation WTO that was blocking Russia's application to the WTO because it had reservations on Russia's human rights record, state control over key energy resources, intellectual property rights, and restrictions on the activity of foreign companies. Now the US is satisfied that Russia has complied with these, the US and Russia just signed an 800-page trade pact, which leaves Russia free to join the WTO FUll story here The big deal? one of it's previous reservations, Russia's dealings with intellectual property rights was SOLELY accountable to AllofMP3.com, that fantastic MP3 distributer allowing 'legal' downloading of songs for pennies. The US heavyweights already put strong pressure on AllofMP3, with Visa and Mastercard persuaded to cut of AllofMP3 from all transactions, but this aggreement means that the Russian government will now have to take action against AllofMP3 (either now or once it is a WTO member). Who know what that action may be, but disclosure of user details may well be one of them, given the RIAAs track record on such things... Be wary boys and girls. __________________ For coding work - hit me up on andy // borkedcoder // com (consider figuring out the email as test #1) All models are wrong, but some are useful. George E.P. Box. p202

11-19-2006, 10:38 AM	#2
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11-19-2006, 03:14 PM	#5
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