MediaServices, who owned allofmp3.com, maintained their site was legal under Russian law. They have now started a new service called mp3Sparks.com.
John Kennedy, president of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industries (IFPI) and who welcomed the closing down of allofmp3.com is reported to have said:
"Allofmp3.com violated copyright law in Russia and internationally by ripping off artists and creators, taking music that it had no right to reproduce and selling it worldwide."
The Russian government had been under a storm of criticism too, because they appeared to turn a blind eye to allofmp3.com and took no action against the site.
