I discussed with our research lawyer whether MTU had legal rights to sue for "restraint of trade". She said NO. They were expressing their "Freedom of Speech" First Amendment right to state their "opinion". That really got my goat.
SO... MTU will be issuing a Press Release of our own before too long. We are getting Microstudio 4.000 announcement emails out to everyone now. Then, we'll do the Press Release. I won't stoop to SC and Stellar's level, but rather state that their PR (and I'll quote the URL to the two copies on our web site) is strickly an opinion and has no power of law behind it. I will include the link to our paid for legal reseach in the Press Release so everything is provided for anyone who wants to post it wherever they want to. We want the Karaoke industry to know that MTU is fighting for them.
Personally, I think SC and Stellar are preparing to release some new product, and thus are trying to damage our image. Instead, we will fight against their attacks. For example, this
Nashville Post article documents that Stellar Records has been making illegal songs for quite a while.
Any Host who buys these illegal songs, and plays them... is acting illegally. Thus, if you buy Sound Choice (also has been sued for illegal copyright infringement) or Stellar songs, then you have an excellent chance that BECAUSE of those purchases and playing those songs, you ARE being illegal.
So... would you buy from a producer who keeps getting sued by the Record Labels? 