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by Freak_NL 919 days ago
You posted this four hours after my comment (above) which already provides two links which cast a clear doubt on the legality of mp3caprice.com. A quick web search returns dozens of links to people questioning the legality, and several of people or organisations giving good arguments as to why they are not.

If you want more proof, just look at mp3caprice.com itself. Where is the usual legal stuff like the procedure for reporting claimed infringement? Their single form of contact is a web form. Their privacy policy even lacks a way to contact them.
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bloomingeek 919 days ago
1. Your first site is a bunch of dudes spouting about something they don't like, big deal. Their ideas are not proof of any kind.

2. TorrentFreak is hardly a legitimate news source. A simple read of the Wikipedia page on them is pretty embarrassing.

3. Since mp3caprice is obviously not in the USA, they are not bound by our "legal stuff", which can be said of TorrentFreak also.

Expect no more from me. Have a great holiday!

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Freak_NL 919 days ago
Fine:

The International Intellectual Property Alliance's 2016 Special report on Ukraine:

https://iipa.org/files/uploads/2017/12/2016SPEC301UKRAINE.pd...

(page 4)

Or their entry on the EU's Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List:

https://web.archive.org/web/20190617061827/http://trade.ec.e...

(page 19)

> According to the music industry Mp3va.com and Mp3caprice.com are popular unlicensed pay per download websites hosted allegedly in Ukraine, which provide mainly music.

> […]

> These sites claim to have a copyright licence for their business from the Ukrainian collecting society called AVTOR, which reportedly has no mandate to represent foreign rightholders.

I'm sure you'll come up with another rationalization, but your money is definitely not going to the artists (unless perhaps you are listening exclusively to Ukranian bands). Just be honest with yourself: you find mp3caprice.com's service convenient and are willing to pay them for it. Just don't pretend that it is the legal route.

If you actually wish to know if they are legal today (rather than just pretend they are), why not ask your national recording industry association? They'll know.

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