Legality issues!!

[NOW & THEN]

I guess to be safe if i have 2 gigs at the same time I'll just sell my equipment or my cd collection to the other kj for a dollar till the next day!!! ( JUST KIDDING ) Seriously though I'll just avoid double gigs in the same time frame until I acquire a new set of discs. I hate to use a machine now anyway because the computer setup has me completely spoiled. I now have 5000+ songs in 2 120 gig drives and MTU software, Gr8 sound card and Video card, windows ME 512 mb memory on a 1.5 gig machine w/ a yamaha sound system. I VERY SELDOM have any bugs that aren't simple to fix with a reboot. In short I LOVE IT! WTG MTU.
My next step is to wait for hoster to be as trouble free as my microstudio program, then upgrade to hoster. Dont we have any copyright lawyers kj'ing on weekends??? lol
Thanks again.

[Island Extreme]

It's real simple - you can use one copy for every system you have - since I have only one system this is easy -

Now here is the tricky part - I WANT YOU BIG TIMERS TO BE HONEST Here...

Now I've been reading these posts and everyone seems to be honest so you tell me - once you have achieved the level of success - EVERY ONE OF YOU IS GOING OUT AND PURCHASING AN EXACT DUPLICATE OF YOUR LIBRARY???

I'm getting started (for work but have been having parties for fun for 6 years now)
Now this would cost me about $5000 if I could even get a duplicate.

Now no way am I advocating STEALING the second copy although It must happen somewhere - Is there some way that you can pay the manufacturer something to duplicate it? Are there any other options for LEGALLY making a second system - I know it would cost some of you $20,000 to do this legally and where would you keep all the extra disks???

I guess I'm really thinking ahead and planning on being VERY successful to even think like this!!

Mahalo,
-Sean
Island Extreme Entertainment, Hawaii

[mlepine]

Admin,

Sorry but you got it all wrong!! First it's not a complaint but just saying that what do you do in the case of a purchase of a mp3+g done on the web that you wish to burn on a disk using Microstudio???

I'm not making a request for my self, beleive me I'm ok I just wish to help others who by accident didn't happen to purchase from MTU first and now they discover your great software but are stuck with the wrong extension

Regards

[admin]

I felt the last posts started by bdalton belonged in its own visible thread.

Click here to visit that thread.

[gotrich]

I am kinda confused. Who is ASCPA and BIM. What is the point of paying them? Didnt you pay for the rights when you buy the CD? How do I contat these company's to be a member? Why pay them if they tell you you can't do what your doing? WHy don't they come after you? Doesn't the bar pay these people to have a Jukebox, band or DJ already? If we play 1 regualr song at full length ar we still KJ's or are we DJ's? Why on the CD does it say not legal unless played at full volume? What does that mean? Doesn't MTU have a lawyer in CA that has already went to court for us?

Sorry so many questions but these things are danced around in conversations.

[mindonstrike]

"Sorry so many questions but these things are danced around in conversations."

It's because most of us have seen these topics discussed/debated to death on forums for years so it's assumed that everyone is on the page.

"I am kinda confused. Who is ASCPA and BIM. What is the point of paying them? Didnt you pay for the rights when you buy the CD? "
ASCAP & BMI collect royalties for songwriters and performers. You do not pay them, the venue you play at pays them, it covers all the music played there whether DJ, KJ or live bands the jukebox has it's own separate license. When you purchased the cd(g) you payed for the right to listen to it not play the songs in public.


"Why on the CD does it say not legal unless played at full volume? What does that mean? " I think I saw that on the Helluvadisk brand and I could be wrong on this but I believe they were trying to be humorous.

"Doesn't MTU have a lawyer in CA that has already went to court for us? "
I think what you are referring to is an attorney who researched the subject of making backup copies of cdg's and gave his professional opinion on the subject.

Hope that clarified things a bit for you.
Sam

[George]

Gotrich,

Here's a place to start. Let your fingers do the walking.....search and ye shall find.

http://www.woodpecker.com/writing/es...-politics.html

George

[George]

Gotrich said:

Doesn't MTU have a lawyer in CA that has already went to court for us?

As an uninformed bystander I'd have to say no, no one has gone to court for us..

I'd hazard a guess that any legal counsel or actions that MTU has sought would be to determine the legality of the products they market, or to deter others from infringing on their copywrites..

They manufacture a product that if used for it's intent and purpose is legal. They cannot control how we, the end users will use those products.

If we question the legality of using an MTU product in any manner than outlined in their sales literature and product manuals, then we should seek our own legal counsel. That's our responsibility, not MTU's.

If we stick to using the products in a manner described by MTU, then there should be no question.

Admin has passed on any legal findings they have come up with on the forums to try to clear up some of these legal issues where their product use is concerned.

It all boils down to using the products for their published intent, and you should have no problems. At least that's the way I read it.

George