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Originally Posted by Glen Goergen
If I own my own discs, can I load them onto a hard drive to play them in a show, etc.?
No, you MAY NOT load songs from other manufacturers on your hard drive. The licensing rights for music on a hard drive machine exist only between the machine manufacturer and the music provider. These rights do not extend to the owner of the machine, to load songs from other manufacturers on the hard drive player. Copying the discs on to a hard drive is still copying the discs. Legally, it is absolutely no different than burning a copy of the discs. In order to copy your discs on to your hard drive, you have to have the written permission of the company that produced the discs and owns the copyrights."
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This statement from KAPA is assuming that you have purchased a "loaded" system such as a CAVS-199. Since that isn't the case with those using Hoster, then this shouldn't apply to us.
If you go by the letter of the law we should only be doing Karaoke at our own homes and absolutely privately (no performing for your friends
) My guess is DJ's would be illegal too. Do the producers really think they can survive on what individuals would purchase without the KJs and DJs? Talk about cutting the branch off while you are out on that limb!
Sorry, I'll get off my soapbox now.