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While I wrote my last short reply a whole whack of msgs were posted, and I just caught up reading. I think Jim said it best when he said the whole industry is messed up. And not just karaoke, the whole music distribution industry is messed up. And it is messed up by greed - at both ends. The producers want and deserve their pound of flesh, and many end users want to pay as little flesh as possible. Those of us in the middle trying to pay an honest buck for an honest product get squeezed from both ends. This all enforces my feeling that 'serious violators' should be prosecuted any how any way while those trying to get by as honestly as they can in a messed up industry should be left alone, as it is those who are keeping the industry running. I agree that SC and other manufacterers who don't play it straight in order to make a buck are as guily as any one. Are they trying to get by as honestly as they can or are they a serious violator? I don't know. All businesses makes use of global jurisdictions to pay less or be in business at all. I do agree that they are the pot calling the kettle black when they feel they can 'play the game' while not allowing Kjs to do the same. So this goes back to a question I asked several posting ago. Is KIAA going after every fish or just the big fish? If they just target 'serious violators' I approve. If the go after all fish, I question their motives and their common sense.
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