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[richaz]

I have been useing first midi ( 9 years and now karaoke 4 years on laptop for total of 13 years and am no closer to getting an answer on whether it's legal or not? naturally everyone like APRO, and so forth all say that what I and those in the same situation as myself is doing is Illegal.

When I try and get them to come up with some agreement so that i can make it legal in there eye's they have fobed me off with total arrogance.

The truth of the matter I feel is they are annoyed that I and all the other people in my situation could think outside the square, but that still does'nt help me.

If there is anyone in my situation with any information help[ would be appriciated.

Thank You

[ddouglass]

Try reading these threads and see if this helps.
http://forum.mtu.com/showthread.php?...ighlight=legal
http://forum.mtu.com/showthread.php?t=1892
http://www.mtu.com/support/copyright-notes.htm

[mindonstrike]

Assuming Sydney means Australia, your laws will probably differ from ours. Hopefully some of our Australian Hoster users will spot this thread and respond.

Sam

[admin]

Assuming you have legally paid for all your MP3 songs, and Karaoke CDG discs, then in the USA, even though Sound Choice and Stellar Records keep trying to intimidate users and venue owners both, everything at http://www.mtu.com/support/copyright-notes.htm that MTU has paid for this legal research, indicates you DO HAVE the legal right to format shift to a hard drive playback, and you can perform them in a public venue (bar, nightclub, social clubs, etc.).

However, if you have EVEN ONE illegally gotten song or karaoke cdg file, you'll get cooked on the barbie if they ever audit your song library. CLEAN IT UP NOW before you go any further. There is no mercy for those who have illegal songs. Protect yourself now.


I'm confident in our legal research. Ms. Robin Gross of IPJustice.org who did it for us, is all over the world. She chairs committees, was appointed by the Secretariat of the UN for positions on Intellectual Property rights, she attends WIPO conferences, etc. to insure she keeps up to date on what is happening worldwide. She also is a CONSUMER ADVOCATE, and thus is at odds with the Corporate Lawyers, who want to squash your rights to use what you pay for.

That's the best we can say from the USA. We haven't got any help in our research either. That's why we have paid in 2003 and 2007 for our own legal research. Until it goes to court, no one will know for sure.

[admin]

I move this to Hoster Help where it will receive more notice. It wasn't a new feature request.