# Is this music download site legal in the US?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-music-download-site-legal-in-the-us/337665>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 30, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-music-download-site-legal-in-the-us/337665 "2005-12-30T01:34:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-music-download-site-legal-in-the-us/337665/1 "2005-12-30T01:34:37Z")

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A friend at work recommended [www.allofmp3.com](http://www.allofmp3.com) for a place to download music. She claims it’s legal - it’s a Russian website, and costs around ten cents or so to download a song once you convert dollars to rubles.

Is this site legal?

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-music-download-site-legal-in-the-us/337665/2 "2005-12-30T01:38:27Z")

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Everything you need to know is in the OP.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-music-download-site-legal-in-the-us/337665/3 "2005-12-30T01:46:21Z")

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[Read this](http://www.museekster.com/allofmp3faq.htm#Is%20using%20Allofmp3%20legal?)

It is by no means definitive.

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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-music-download-site-legal-in-the-us/337665/4 "2005-12-30T01:58:06Z")

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Until a law or a court ruling explicity says that it is illegal, then it is legal, AFAIK.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-music-download-site-legal-in-the-us/337665/5 "2005-12-30T02:29:07Z")

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What they’re doing is illegal in the US. And that’s where our host is, and that’s the end of it.

**samclem** GQ moderator