So the US have finally got their way and closed allofmp3.com. For those of you who have been hiding under a rock for the last couple of years, allofmp3 is a Russian site that sells very cheap, none DRM‘d MP3s. This was great for consumers, but not great for the RIAA as Russian law allowed allofmp3 to only have to pay 15% in royalties.

As the xenophobic US Government doesn’t like anyone who isn’t a full paid-up, flag waving American they started to put pressure on the Russians to close the site, even though it was operating within Russian law.

What really annoys me is what gives the US the right to bully, invade and impose their laws on other countries. Just because the US doesn’t like something doesn’t mean it wrong, evil or funding terrorism!

Read the full Office of the United States Trade Representative Press release here.