[wplug] OT: locked online music!?

[David Ostroske]

On 9/12/05, Patrick Wagstrom <pwagstro at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> A nice solution to this problem is to use allofmp3.com.  It's a russian
> site that due to loopholes in copyright law lets you buy MP3s by the
> megabyte ($0.02 a meg or something), all unencumbered.  They also offer
> ogg, flac, etc.  Very cool site.  Yes, its legal.  They have a license
[...]

I'm not so sure about that! I think you should give us links if you're
going to make legal claims like that.
http://news.com.com/MP3s+for+pennies+Russian+cops+say+no/2100-1027_3-5586034.html
http://moskalyuk.com/blog/allofmp3com-escapes-criminal-lawsuit-for-now/475

I used to use one of these Russian sites. I found a few artists that I
liked, too, and I bought their CD's. But if it turns out that these
sites are illegal in Russia, too, then you're outta luck. TANSTAAFL,
y'know.

If you're adventurous, you can try out netlabels, podcasts, and other
business models to get you some MP3's.
http://www.archive.org/audio/netlabels.php
http://www.podnova.com/music/
http://magnatune.com/

You could also listen to Internet radio. There are probably ways to
rip and encode streaming music so that you can listen to them on MP3
players, but I really don't know any clean methods of doing so. The
Streamtuner application might help you out there.
http://www.shoutcast.com/
http://www.nongnu.org/streamtuner/

I'm never at a loss for good music now. YMMV, though.

I make a big deal out of this because, as you should know, open source
licenses are all based on copyright law. I want to honor that legal
backbone as well as I possibly can.

-- 
David Ostroske <eksortso at gmail.com>