Greed knows no borders

The RIAA isn't just a terror in the United States; it also seems to have found it's way all the way to Moscow. Russia has just agreed to shut down AllOfMp3.com, a site that came under RIAA scrutiny for allowing cheap, legitimate (according to Russian law) downloads. The RIAA wasn't happy because they weren't getting a cut of the money (this sounds familiar) and thus pressured the US government to put it as a major item on the US-Russian agenda. Looks like they got their way. Lobbyists are quite effective, aren't they?