MP3Panda Review
MP3Panda has a simple and clean Oriental layout, the site is well structured, and navigation is simple. Users can search the MP3 collection by song names or browse the A~Z of artists. You are also able to search by a tag cloud - a list showing the artists with the most titles in larger fonts then those with less. When you click on an artist name you see how many albums there are for the chosen artist, list of tracks and albums that are available to download.
MP3Fiesta team launched this new service in October 2008 after MP3Fiesta had closed registration of new users.
Like most of the reviewed MP3 websites, after the registration to be able to download mp3 songs you need to deposit funds into your account (or refill balance). You will have to add a deposit of $29.95 to start downloading. This process is easy, just click the 'refill balance' link and you are done!
Site uses 3rd-party processing services and SSL-channels that ensures data security, if you are still worrying about giving out your credit card details read more about using PayPal-generated deposit cards.
MP3Panda offers some bonuses:
Add $100 USD get a bonus of $30 free.
Add $50 USD get a bonus of $10 free.
All tracks are only $0.05!!!, and the quality is 192 kbps to 360 kbps.
Also there's a daily FREE ALBUM available to download for registered users.
Legality of MP3Panda
It's worth highlighting MP3Panda is perfectly legal. Russian legislature enforces compulsory licenses, which means that a company can get the license to distribute and sell music as long as they pay for it somewhere. In the US if you plan to sell a certain CD, you have to negotiate with the labels, and that's why the original Napster got shut down by the courts - they violated the law by not obtaining the licenses from the RIAA mob.
In Russia if you prove that (a) you keep track of what you're distributing (log number of downloads) and (b) you pay to the collection agency, you're legal to distribute any music you want. The collection agency (ROMS and FAIR, quoted in the Wall Street Journal article) will then re-distribute the money to the copyright holders.
