If someone out there is running 22 Shows & doesn't own 22 copies of the CDs, I think they should be reported.
There are many out there who are illegal now because people are selling copies of their hard drives for cheap!!!!! And if enough keep doing it, then the Feds will come down & could penalize anyone who has even just 1 copy of a customer's song!
Recently when I was hired by a new place, I was asked if I was computerized because another person claimed to have 140,000 songs, so they assumed that I would also. I told them that anyone claiming to have that many songs & fairly new in the business, is either lying or illegal. The investment needed to own that much music cannot be recouped by working in clubs for only $150 per night. I explained that it took me months to upload my personal CDGs onto my computer & I have been doing this for many years. The number of songs a KJ has does not necessarily mean he has everything or that he can do a Good Show!!!!!!!! I have already proved this recently, when they pitted me against this particular person just last week. Customers all night kept telling me that my Show was smoother, faster & that I made the singers sound better than the previous KJ and that there were still many requested songs that he did not have even though I am only up to 12,000 songs now, compared to his 140,000!!!!!!