Allofmp3.com loses the money of Western clients
Alexandr Rybakov, Webplanet.ru
The major payment systems
Visa and
MasterCard have forbidden their partners from taking payments from clients of the
Allofmp3.com website, which the American authorities have accused of illegally distributing music. However, managers of the website declared yesterday at an on-line conference that their company abides by Russian law, pays its taxes and pays what is due to the authors. So the claims of the Americans have a greater relation to Russian laws, while the accusations directed at Allofmp3.com are merely a way to get more concessions from Russia before entering the
WTO. Nevertheless, when attempting to pay for music on Allofmp3.com with a credit card, a message appears, telling you that this credit card payment is not accessible.