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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Several major record labels sued the operator of the Russian music Web site AllofMP3.com on Wednesday, claiming the company has been profiting by selling copies of music without their permission.

The lawsuit was filed in federal court in New York against Moscow-based Mediaservices, which owns AllofMP3 and another music site, allTunes.com.

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This fall, Visa International and MasterCard Inc. (MA) stopped accepting credit card transactions for purchases made at Mediaservices' sites.