Russian Mp3 Sites legal?

I was wondering, you know those Russian MP3 sites you hear about, right? the ones where they offer like a whole album for 3 cents? I was wondering, how can they do that? Did they make some cheap deal or something? Or is it even legal at all (in the US)? If it is legal, anyone know any of these sites?

Check out http://3mp3.ru/. They must have what you're requiring. And the best of it is the language they're using is Russian. Spot on!

See more information from a post of mine (I dont wanna post here again) http://forums.xisto.com/topic/82809-topic/?findpost=1064295770

Check out http://3mp3.ru/. They must have what you're requiring. And the best of it is the language they're using is Russian. Spot on!

 

See more information from a post of mine (I dont wanna post here again) http://forums.xisto.com/topic/82809-topic/?findpost=1064295770

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It works fine, has for years, and was ruled legal in russia.

I am amazed at how much russian I have picked up from russian MP3 sites and other forums. At first i just had firefox translate them all but eventually i just started actually learning the words. I somehow managed to learn some russian because it was the more lazy thing to do.

Recently a court in Britain ruled them to be legal as well (I think I heard that on ITV news or something), so it can only be a good thing. My guess is that they do pay royalties but because they are in Russia the amount is much less.

Hmm, I still can't believe that you can buy a whole album for just a 3c. in mp3? more money you spend on internet connection while you download that mp3... Doesn't make any sense...