It seems that after VISA and MasterCard decided to stop processing payments for the controversial Russian site allofmp3.com, their only means to acquire revenue was Chronopay, a payment processor based in the Netherlands, has also decided to fold their account. Trying to buy new credit on the AllTunes site results in this: “Processing for this site disabled.”
RIAA 2 – Allofmp3 nil. I hope the recent open letter from Steve Jobs, and the even more recent news of EMI dropping DRM on their iTunes catalog will prompt a resolution to this problem. It seems crazy how the music industry, instead of trying to strike a deal with this company, insists it operates illegally, when they are distributing unprotected, DRM-free content on the music CDs you can buy (and rip) in any store.
Chronopay press release: JSC ChronoPay accepts Russian music stores with NP FAIR license only – essentially, it states that the license type under which allofmp3.com operates is no longer valid in their eyes.