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Please use this site to lose weight. It’s useful for your health and beauty….

And tim, Xrost has been down for weeks now. In future you should read my reply

That’s an interesting comment about your label conteacting them. Can you provide any more information about what transpired, the label, etc.? The story so far has been that the labels are refusing so take payment of commissions because that would give legitimacy to AllofMP3 and set a precedent. I’d hate to think that what you said is true and they’re screwing the labels that would work with them.

Mark

I have an small indie band, with releases on several small labels in the USA and the UK, with distribution in Norht America, Europe and Asia. Still, I have no illusions of making a living on my music. But allofmp3.com sells my music, and I haven’t seen a penny. My main label has tried to talk with them and (surprise!) heard nothing.

Personally, I am anti-DRM. I use emusic, not iTunes (though you can by my music on iTunes). I would love to see major labels come crashing down and the way music is distributed and artists paid totally change. That, however, doesn’t justify stealing from the label and the artist.

Someone used a car analogy in a previous comment: “I mean, imagine going into a Dodge showroom and buying a car only to be told what roads you can/cannot drive on!” How about this: imagine going into a Dodge showroom, deciding you don’t want to pay the $25,000 price tag, so you go to a car thief and buy a stolen one for $5,000, because you feel that is a fairer cost. You just don’t want to pay for marketing and overhead.

So the what people are really saying is: “I’d rather pay a thief pennies than the real owner dollars”.

Heres the problem: Hi,

I have signed up to Xrost this evening however I live in Australia and i am finding it difficult to pay by Visa credit card, as it requires a US or European postal address. Is there any other way i can pay for a card?

I would appreciate ANY help…no answer is too silly.

Thanks
Duncan