AllofMP3.com Ignore RIAA Suit?
AllofMP3 countered the music industry’s claim, stating the service is completely legal in Russia as all necessary fees have been forwarded to the Russian royalty collection firm, ROMS

Year’s chart-topping album fails to crack 4M sales
… in a sign of how piracy, a la carte single sales, the closing of retail stores and a host of other issues have eaten away at the music industry’s core product – consider that [this year’s best-seller] wouldn’t even have cracked the top five in 2001.

Oldies but goldies benefit in digital revamp of charts
OCC chart director Omar Maskatiya said it changed the rules in consultation with the record industry once digital downloads began outselling physical releases in November.

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