Right! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mac Norins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 10:12 PM Subject: Re: Article: US Official: AllofMP3 Must Shut Down
> The New World Order keeps rolling right along, right on schedule! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Pattison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio" <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 6:44 PM > Subject: Article: US Official: AllofMP3 Must Shut Down > > > This article is taken from the Beta News Home page at > www.betanews.com. -Steve. > > US Official: AllofMP3 Must Shut Down > By Ed Oswald, > BetaNews > October 5, 2006, 11:43 AM > > The United States is continuing to pressure Russia to shut down the > music site allofmp3.com, > with a top trade official saying Wednesday it would be hard to see > the country being > a member of the WTO with the site still operating in the country. > > Calls for AllofMP3's demise are again surfacing as the two countries > attempt to restart > negotiations for Russia to enter the international trade group. Talks > stalled in > July after persistent disagreements related to agriculture and > intellectual property > issues. > > Representatives from both Russia and the U.S. will meet in Geneva, > Switzerland next > week with a goal of having an agreement by the end of this month. > However, it is > likely a non-negotiable stipulation of the talks will be the shutting > down of the > music site. > > AllofMP3 claims it has licenses from Russian Multimedia and Internet > Society (ROMS) > and the Rightholders Federation for Collective Copyright Management > of Works Used > Interactively (FAIR). > > However, neither the U.S. nor Britain recognize those licenses, and > the British music > industry sued the site in July. Joining the WTO has been a publicly > stated goal of Russian President Putin, > and he has begun to talk about intellectual property rights issues in > the country > recently. > > "The dialogue is continuing. We're making progress slowly but > steadily and we'll > see if we can get there," US Trade Representative Susan Schwab was > quoted by Reuters > as saying to reporters. "There's no guarantee that we'll get it done." > > > Regards Steve > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype: steve1963 > MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
