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Originally Posted by billyo
just a question.i have friends that are being sued for hosting a karaoke show by the music industry, they were told ' that they were having people sing songs that they didnt have the rights to"..music industry are sending people to karaoke shows and writing down songs that cust. are singing" these songs are from a cdg's that they bought from a karaoke store..and imported to hoster.. question is do we ( karaoke host/hostess ) need permission to play these songs from the music industry?
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Based on your wording.
If your ASCAP and BMI licenses are current there shouldn't be a problem with the music portion of the program.
However I can see a potential problem with displaying the lyrics in public for a song whose rights have been revoked (anything written by Garth Brooks) or that never gave the rights in the first place (Don Henley, Glen Frey [The Eagles] etc.).
Scary thought
If they could do that the price of those SC8125's on EBAY would plummet (usually $200 to $400)
Talk to your friends and see if you can get more details.
Sam