According to "the music industry", allofmp3.com --IS-- illegal and guilty of copyright infringement.
In Germany it works like this: Copying CDs for private use and backup is legal. You are even allowed to copy a CD that you do not own: It is sufficient to have the ORIGINAL CD temporarily in your possession (like a borrowed or rented original CD). This is important, it must be the original, copying a copy would be illegal. Working around a copy protection would also be illegal. So as long as you hold an original CD without copy protection in your hands, you´re good to go - even though the TV spots of the movie and music industry keep telling you something different, which basically is just a bunch of lies and FUD to intimidate the consumers.
In Germany it works like this: Copying CDs for private use and backup is legal. You are even allowed to copy a CD that you do not own: It is sufficient to have the ORIGINAL CD temporarily in your possession (like a borrowed or rented original CD). This is important, it must be the original, copying a copy would be illegal. Working around a copy protection would also be illegal. So as long as you hold an original CD without copy protection in your hands, you´re good to go - even though the TV spots of the movie and music industry keep telling you something different, which basically is just a bunch of lies and FUD to intimidate the consumers.