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MP3 Fiesta Review
- MP3fiesta is a pay per download service offering music at the following prices
- Individual songs - $0.20
- Albums - $1.98
- These are the average prices. MP3fiesta states that prices may change according to the popularity of the track.
- Download tracks for as little as $0.20
- Preview any track unlimited times
- Compatible only with any web browser
- Get $50 credit on the site for recommending a friend
- Over 1.3 million tracks in the music library
- Music from bands on major labels
- All downloads are MP3 format
- MP3s are encoded at 192
kbps or higher
- Download tracks DRM free
- Burn to an unlimited number of CDs
- Copy to an unlimited number of portable devices
- 10% free credit each time you top up your acccount
- $30 minimum top up
- 400 albums added daily
MP3fiesta is a pay per download site offering unbelievably cheap prices. However, it seems to operate within a grey area of the law, and although not entirely illegal, it could be considered slightly immoral to buy tracks from the site. Here's why.
MP3fiesta is a registered company in Ukraine, which means it operates under Russian copyright and royalty law. This means it has been granted permission by Russian authorities to sell music through its web site, but the Russian system is very different to anywhere else. Artists are only paid a tiny fee as royalties, and there are rumours that regulation is perhaps not very strict so sites like MP3fiesta may be able to get away without paying anything at all. Although we should point out that this is just speculation and the official word on the web site is that all artists are paid their appropriate royalties.
You have to sign up for a free account with MP3fiesta and then top it up with money in order to buy anything. The minimum top up fee is $30 and it seems unlikely that the company will refund any unspent credit. Here, we should point out that we were unable to actually buy any tracks form the site because we could not top up our account. When going through the payment gateway we were informed "maximum payment reached" and even retrying would not let us top up the account. We did take a little comfort in the fact that credit card payments go through an external payment gateway (based in Hong Kong) and not straight to any Russian companies.
The site itself is nicely laid out and has a 'fiesta' feel to it, surprisingly enough. All the usual search options are in place, but you don't get any software to help you download tracks. However, this does mean that it should work with any web browser. The one thing that lets the site down is the number of mistakes in the English all through the site - and the clearly false claims made about being the biggest collection of MP3s around.
Regarding Digital Rights Management (DRM):
all the tracks you download from MP3fiesta are in MP3 format and DRM (or DMR as the site likes to call it.) free. This means you can burn to CDs and copy to portable players to your heart's content.
What about value for money?
You will find some of the cheapest prices on the web at MP3fiesta, but think about how much, if any is actually going to the artist. Individual songs are $0.20 and most full albums are $1.98 regardless of the number of tracks on them.
We have to admit MP3fiesta is a tempting offer. The ridiculously cheap prices and DRM free tracks certainly are appealing. However, we really aren't sure about the legality and definitely not the morality of buying tracks from this site. It's unlikely you will get the FBI knocking at your door for doing it, but we would suggest thinking how much of the $0.20 per track you are paying actually finds its way to the original artist.
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