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# Legal MP3s Come Of Age?
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/legal-mp3s-come-of-age/
- Published: 2003-05-26T17:19:05.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-24T15:18:37.000Z
- Description: Puretunes.com claims to offer legal, cheap mp3 downloads without the consent of the record labels that own the recordings. The…
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:21

[Puretunes.com](http://www.puretunes.com/?ref=protein.xyz) claims to offer legal, cheap mp3 downloads without the consent of the record labels that own the recordings. The Madrid-based company says that a loophole in Spanish law allows them to offer tracks from well-known artists without the consent of copyright holders. Users pay for the service by membership period rather than on a per-song basis. Eight hours of unlimited access costs $3.99, rising to $167.88 for a year of unrestricted downloads. Puretunes will pay royalties to artists via trade associations rather than their record labels, and so claim that they do not require the co-operation of labels. The International Federation of Phonographic Industry insists that the service is illegal and seem likely to pursue legal action against the company.