[Skybird74]

Originally Posted by marklwood

I said (and I meant it) if I was off base i was TRULY sorry.
I was reminded again today that I, like others here, am in competition with other DJs who use pirated song files. Some 21 year old dude comes out of nowhere and has 100,000 songs on his machine. I know he has only previously worked at McDonalds. I wonder how he got all those songs? It really pisses me off when people can steal and take $$ from my family. I personally am in this for almost 100k now. (granted it's over 10 years). Enough of my rant, sorry.....

I feel the same way!!!!! I originally sang with cassettes & started buying CDGs in 1996, one by one as my business grew. After all these years I only have 12,000 songs. I recently ran into a guy that 1 week he claimed to have 100,000 and the following week claimed to have 180,000. When asked by the person who hired him what I thought, I said - "He's either lying or he's illegal" because if he has that much money invested in music, there is no way he can afford to work for only $150 a night in clubs like the Moose & VFW!!!!!!
I know of a KJ here locally that was selling copies of his hard drive(that's where they get their music).
And, I personally know of a KJ who was busted by the Feds way back in 1993 for having illegal CDs, so I know IT CAN HAPPEN.