All Cool Music- allcoolmusic.com - is one of several sites that advertise billions of free downloads and then take money for recommending and supporting free P2P file sharing software.

The advertising on allcoolmusic.com is misleading. Visitors may think they are signing up for a service that offers over 12 billion legal music and movie downloads. Instead they are paying for All Cool Music to recommend and support free P2P file sharing software.

This brings up several questions:

• Is file sharing legal?
  • File sharing in and of itself is legal as long as the files are not copyright protected. What they don't tell you is that a huge majority of P2P network files are copyrighted content and therefore illegal to download.
  • The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has taken legal action against more than 30,000 people for downloading and/or sharing copyrighted music.
• Does P2P file sharing software normally cost money?
  • No it does not. While allcoolmusic.com doesn't mention what your paying for on their home page if you dig deeper you'll find that the cost is for their recommendation and support of the free file sharing software.
• Is All Cool Music doing anything illegal?
  • They make sure to cover the bases in different areas of the site. The terms and conditionspage states that you are paying for their software recommendations and support. The legal page advises you to follow all copyright laws. Hmm I wonder how many of th 12 billion files that leaves you to download...
• Is All Cool Music misleading visitors?
  • We definitely find their site misleading. Visit McAfee Site Advisor for more opinions of the site.