[Musicman51]

When i go to a friends show for an evening out of singing, i make a backup copy of the original owed disc of songs i want to sing. One friend has a {painful hard swallow} vocopro player that plays thumb drives, and SC disc slots like the digital cameras use. I format shift to the sc card, or thumb drive. I have asked my family attorney to do a "simple" "westlaw" search for a case that has been successfully prosecuted for karaoke graphic and music cdg format shifting from original delivered media format. He could find none, or case law.

I have read what the manu's are trying to claim on this point. But they simply don't have the case law behind them on it. I format shift, and will continue to do so untill i read where a case has been sucessfully prosectued and awarded damages. You do what you're comfortable doing, but don't lose any sleep over it. Just continue to stay legal, enjoy your hoster software, and by all means play your customers formatted disc. With all due respect, it's none of my business, or yours, where they got their songs. These are just my thoughts and views on this matter.