Seems like the AllofMP3 has a cousin, and I'm sure the MPAA is none too happy.After years of seemingly undue pressure from the RIAA and its contacts at the WTO, AllofMP3 was shut down some time ago despite the fact that it fully complied with Russian copyright laws and paid the standard 15% Russian licensing fee that applies to online music to the Russian Organization for Multimedia & Digital Systems(ROMS).But, unfortunately for AllOfMP3 the RIAA doesn't recognize ROM's legitimacy and refused to receive the royalties it collected. The now defunct AllofMP3 site was rebranded and relaunched as MP3Fiesta some time ago, and now it seems that MP3Fiesta has decided to launch a new movie downloading service called ZML that is certain to rankle a few feathers in Hollywood. From the AllofMP3 forums: Dear User! It too promises to pay the standard licensing fee to the Russian Organization for multimedia and Digital Systems (ROMS), but I'm certain that the MPAA will do as the RIAA did and will both refuse to recognize as well as make a few phone calls to its lobbyists in Washington DC. From ZML's terms of service: 6 Copyrights
An nice little legal escape clause for them if you will, is number 6.4, which says that you can't buy movies on the site if it violates the laws of your country. I don't know if this will hold up in court or not, but it will make an interesting test of net neutrality. Will sites really have to be in compliance with every legal jurisdiction under the sun or will countries finally be forced to acknowledge reality and try to make copyright laws more sensible and uniform? In the meantime for those of you who live in countries that do allow you to buy DVDs for $2 bucks a pop from a Russian site, "ZML - the Movie Library" offers "Over 1500 movies with a premium DVD quality." Thousands of hot movies that you dare to watch. All movies are compatible with every device you use including iPod, PDA, PC, DVD & DivX players. Lowest prices on the web ever. Start downloading movies from $1.99 only! Absolutely no limits. You can download as much as you want with incredibly high speed. No additional software required. Click on a link, download a movie and watch it via your favourite player(s).The selection seems pretty decent, it has relatively new releases like "The Simpsons Movie," and the "Transformers," the rest of the titles are somewhat dated like "Sin City" and "Casino Royale," but I guess any good DVD "store" stocks the the old as well as the new. So if you don't feel like downloading DVDs from your favorite BitTorrent tracker site, maybe ZML's the place for you. You can't get much cheaper than $1.99. CHECK OUT ZML.COMLooking for more stuff to watch or download?
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