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!
