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IFPI opens an AllOFMP3 office in London




On Monday the administration of the Russian music store AllOFMP3 was very surprised when the IFPI shared the news with the press that AllOFMP3 had a European office.



During a night raid to a private apartment the British police had arrested an unidentified 25-year-old British man who, as the IFPI and BPI claim was selling vouchers for buying music from the ALLOFMP3 online store. The arrested Londoner was hastily declared an employee of the European office of AllOFMP3.



The AllOFMP3 administration reiterates that the store has never had any activities outside Russia. Thus we do not have any offices or employees abroad. AllOFMP3 operates in full compliance with Russian legislation and pays the necessary royalties to the rightholders and authors.



The members of the IFPI are unable to do anything about the natural crisis the music industry faces in the digital era. Instead they engage in unfair competition practices and political lobbying. They make up “sensational” news to attract public attention to their activity which becomes less and less valid every day.



The recent actions against online music stores are connected to the considerable decrease in CD sales (50% in some European countries according to www.ifpi.org). The majors are trying to keep their super profits by any means. They block the natural transition from outdated physical media to newer means of delivering music to the consumer.



The IFPI и BPI turned a person reselling gift certificates into a “European office of AllOFMP3” in London. After that they initiated the loud “closure” of this “office” and an arrest of its mythical “employee”.



The young Londoner is a victim of music majors fighting the technological progress.



The AllofMP3 Administration





Entry tags: Press Releases 9, IFPI 1, BPI 1