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russian mp3 sites

  • 23-06-2020 11:09am
    #1
    2lazytogetup
    Registered Users Posts: 836 ✭✭✭


    anyone remember therussian mp3 sites from circa 2005/2006.

    i think the record companies allowed russian music to be sold cheaply but didnt envisage the internet and people from western world buying from them. so it was legal.

    do these still exist and are they still legal.

    im looking to ditch spotify and just buy individual albums


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  • #2
    grayzer75
    Registered Users Posts: 973 ✭✭✭grayzer75


    I remember the likes of Bearshare, Napster, eDonkey and Gnutella but I doubt any of these are still going though.


  • #3
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    2lazytogetup wrote: »
    anyone remember therussian mp3 sites from circa 2005/2006.

    i think the record companies allowed russian music to be sold cheaply but didnt envisage the internet and people from western world buying from them. so it was legal.

    do these still exist and are they still legal.

    im looking to ditch spotify and just buy individual albums

    itunes and pick the mp3 format... if thats even still a thing


    cant see the russian sites being active still and I would question their legality also, while it may have been legal in russia, buying them outside of russia i imagine was not


  • #4
    2lazytogetup
    Registered Users Posts: 836 ✭✭✭2lazytogetup


    grayzer75 wrote: »
    I remember the likes of Bearshare, Napster, eDonkey and Gnutella but I doubt any of these are still going though.

    these websites were all illegal. i am looking to pay for them legally


  • #5
    2lazytogetup
    Registered Users Posts: 836 ✭✭✭2lazytogetup


    melekalikimaka wrote: »
    itunes and pick the mp3 format... if thats even still a thing


    cant see the russian sites being active still and I would question their legality also, while it may have been legal in russia, buying them outside of russia i imagine was not

    im fairly sure they were legal at the time. in my op, i think record companies did not forsee in 2000 when the licences was been granted that westerners would use them.


  • #6
    xckjoo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,396 ✭✭✭xckjoo


    2lazytogetup wrote: »
    im fairly sure they were legal at the time. in my op, i think record companies did not forsee in 2000 when the licences was been granted that westerners would use them.
    Fairly sure they were just illegal and making a quick buck from people that didn't know any better.


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  • #7
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    2lazytogetup wrote: »
    im fairly sure they were legal at the time. in my op, i think record companies did not forsee in 2000 when the licences was been granted that westerners would use them.

    it was a copyright loophole in russian law, i think it was widely accepted that outside of russia you would be breaking copyright law


  • #8
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    No Piracy.


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