allofmp3 now free! but how long?
those crazy russians! after Mastercard and Visa have been shutting down allofmp3.com’s creditcard-processing earlier this week (therefor virtually destroying the russians controversial business model), allofmp3 now strikes back with a new offering at least as outrageous as their past ones: titled “Music for Masses”, the service allows registered users to download the entire allofmp3-catalogue for free! tracks are encoded in 128kbps and use a yet undisclosed DRM-system (”.mp3x”), which is preventing the files from being played on other computers or media players than the crappy “Music for Masses”-player (screenshot below, Windows only).
normally I’ld expect such service to be shut down within few days, but regarding the fact that allofmp3 successfully resisted international pressure now for many years, I guess the only way to get rid of them is blackmailing the russian government with a possible WTO-membership… those crazy russians!
[...] less than a week after allofmp3.com has released their whole catalogue in a free offering called “MusicForMasses”, the DRM-system in use - preventing the 128kbit mp3’s from being played on mobile players or outside the MusicForMasses Windows-software - already has been cracked. downloadsquad links to MusicForMe, the utitlity used to remove the copy-protection by “dumping the mp3 files from memory after MusicForMasses has already decrypted it”. when trying out, please keep in mind that using MusicForMe is most probably illegal in your country, as well as allofmp3’s service itself! [...]