Can I make 1 copy of an original CDG?
CDGs fall under the protection of a several copyright laws. Under all of these laws, duplication for commercial or profession use is explicitly forbidden without the express written permission of the copyright holder, which in this case is the CDG manufacturer.
Admin note:Read this link on MTU's site. Making a backup copy by a rightful owner is not covered under the USA copyright law, where all violations of illegal copying and sales or distribution are very clearly listed with the penalties. Does that not tell you that the Copyright Law writers INTENTIONALLY did not disallow preventing making backup copies by a legal owner?
If I am hosting a karaoke show, may I record the singers and give them a copy of their performance? In addition, may I charge for the service of copying their performance?
Admin Note: If the Singer brings in their disc, and you play it and record them and give or sell them the recorded disc, to our knowledge it is legal. If you use YOUR music they sing to, and sell or give them a recorded disc it is ILLEGAL; they have never paid for the right to use that song.
No on both accounts. This would be copyright infringement because royalties are not being paid on copyrighted material to the copyright holder(s). The original songwriter is receiving no royalties on this copy. The CDG manufacturer is not receiving any compensation on its copyrighted re-creation of the original work either. In this case two separate and different copyright violations are occurring.
May I use an archived copy of a CDG that I broke in my show?
No. No such archived copy should have been made in the first place. CDGs fall under the copyright definition of phonorecords not computer software. Under the definition, no duplications are permitted under any circumstances without express written permission of the copyright holder(s) which is the CDG manufacturer. (Misleading information had been posted on various sites earlier, but it has since been retracted.)
Go to KAKA site, the above was pasted directly from that site, that's what I'm talking about...
Admin note: Why doesn't KAPA list the exact link to the USA Copyright Law that they continuously illude to and seem to quote? Read for yourself and see if you can find any part of the law that prevents making a backup copy. If you do, please return here and post it for our benefit. Also, this is a public Forum so anyone is able to post a link to the law here. Where is it?
Jim