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If I read you correctly, it's not legal to buy them anywhere, even in the mp3+g format.
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That is the safest conclusion to draw. From what I can tell from the lack of clarity in the licensing statements, is that the manufacturers are legal if you only play the downloaded songs in private, but they don't want to come out and say that because people burn their downloads to disc and take them to bars. Thye don't want to limit their market.
There are still some sites that offer MP3+G downloads, Chartbusters being the newest. I can find no licensing statement on their web site, so must assume that downloads burnt to disc is as legal as purchasing a disc from them. Until they say otherwise.
Lastly, there are still several manufacturers who still provide disc-on-demand, including Charbusters. This is how I buy most of my karaoke these days. You decide which 16 songs are on the disc. It costs more, buy you only get what you want.