Hey, good news for foes of Allofmp3.com. As previously reported, earlier this week a London based man who was selling vouchers that can be used to buy music from the rogue Russian download site was arrested on the grounds that, because Allofmp3.com is selling unlicensed music, he was acting illegally accepting money on their behalf. The move, backed by the BPI and International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry, was important because since the major credit cards refused to do business with Allofmp3.com last year the vouchers were the only way people could buy the cut price major label downloads available via the service.
Anyway, since that arrest, techy website Ars Technica has approached other people selling Allofmp3.com vouchers and found that many of them are seriously considered dropping their associations with the Russian website, fearing they too could now face arrest. One told Ars Technica: "Until a few days ago, I had never heard of the IFPI. But yes, I am concerned about them now. Although my attorney assures me that reselling gift certificates bought from AllOfMP3.com isn't breaking any laws, it isn't worth the possibility of engagement with their legal machine". So with one arrest the BPI/IFPI may have closed down many more of Allofmp3's current routes to market.