Probably not the U.S. Government. It's more like the R.I.A.! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list." <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 10:00 PM Subject: Re: Article: US Official: AllofMP3 Must Shut Down
> Hi list, > This amounts to the U.S. trying to shove others around again. I, for > one, hope that Russia refuses to shut the site down, mainly to show the > US that they're not the be all and end all of the world. It really > disturbs me when things like this happen, and I really hope the site > stays up. I personally don't use it, but I know a lot on this list do, > so I'm definitely cheering for Russia on this one. > > Brandon > > > > Allison Mervis wrote: >> That would be awful! I use that site almost exclusively. >> Allison >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of Steve Pattison >> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:45 PM >> To: PC Audio >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
