MusicMP3.ru offers (almost) free MP3 downloads

Another new website for music downloads slipped into our radar this week, this time its MusicMP3.ru. The guys at MusicMP3 were kind enough to open an account for us to check out the service. After a quick browse around, we were surprised to find the new Moby album available for download for $2.10. We bought the album right away on principle.

The album has only been released for a few days in the UK and the US. Looks like we got a bargain music download. The rest of MusicMP3 is cool enough. There’s a decent selection of tracks for downloading. What is amazing is that it isn’t just the Moby album that costs 2 bucks. Everything on the website is available at totally reduced prices.

The guys behind the website claim that it’s all completely legal and that they can do this because they are in Russia. There is also mention of an organization called ROMS. We have no idea what’s going on here, because brand new albums are available for about 1/8 of what you’d pay on iTunes.

There’s tonnes of new stuff on the website, too, as well as older albums. If you need some inspiration, they also have music news and album reviews to check out.

When you’re getting music downloads for this cheap, it raises the question why you wouldn’t just use a filesharing program or BitTorrent. Still, we did feel slightly pleased with getting a bargain, even if we can’t work out how this is possible.

The quality of the files is pretty high and everything downloads fast enough. Songs for 15 cents? Get them while they’re hot. Only problem is that you can’t pay by Paypal or credit card. Take that for what it’s worth.

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Posted on 27 March 2008 by mike in Music downloads, News