Internet, downloading, and karaoke

[mindonstrike]

If you get your music (karaoke or otherwise) from a p2p or an irc chat channel it's definately illegal/immoral. CAVS is legal although it requires special software to convert to cdg (and last time I looked they had a rather poor selection). I understand Top Hits Monthly is selling their songs in mp3g format and downloaded to you, I don't care for THM or I would have looked into it.

Sam

[admin]

Originally Posted by mindonstrike

If you get your music (karaoke or otherwise) from a p2p or an irc chat channel it's definately illegal/immoral. CAVS is legal although it requires special software to convert to cdg (and last time I looked they had a rather poor selection). I understand Top Hits Monthly is selling their songs in mp3g format and downloaded to you, I don't care for THM or I would have looked into it.

Sam

Actually, from industry sources we talk with, CAVS is NOT legal.

The songs the sell/sold from Steller records were not licensed. Stellar sued CAVS, but CAVS is in Korea and continued selling them for a long time (if not still doing it).

CAVS' Chartbuster Essential 450 songs on the SCDG disc work out to $0.10 profit a piece if all the royalties are paid... with Chartbuster, CAVS and a Distributor all getting a cut... of $0.10? Does Not Compute!

[wackyquack]

Admin;

I think I'm confused. I don't own a CAVS so I'm going to ask this question. Are you saying that the songs that come loaded on this player from Chartbuster, THM and I don't remember the other label are illegal? Or are you saying to buy/download individual songs from CAVS is illegal?

[admin]

There are only 3 companies we are aware of that pay the Mechanical Duplication License and the Synchronization License for Karaoke songs the produce and sell. Only one - Karaoke Bay - has been tested in Court and found to have legally produced EVERY SONG they have, and they pay all the royalties.

A very credible source that follows all law suits in this industry informed us that at least 7 of the major Karaoke Producers have refused to pay them for more than 10 years.

We have been told that the major producer now has $19 MILLION in suits against them.

The second largest is just under them.

Make your own decisions...

[Karaoke John]

I am so glad I read this thread/post. I continually have singers requesting songs that I dont have and have to buy disks that have gobbly gook on them (songs very few people will sing) in order to get one song. I was going to look into downloading some songs but not now. I am what you would call the Hobbiest KJ I don't do it for a living. I share my Karaoke Pleasure at the A & D treatment center that I work for. Yes you can sing Karaoke Sober. I also do it twice a month after AA meetings. But it would just be my luck that I would be the guy that Big Brother music industry would come after and take all his equipment. Al Bundy and I share the same kind of Luck sometimes . So I guess I will continue to buy the really bargain disks from Karaoke.Com and Wally World aka Wal-mart.
Oh by the way I have about 25 Karaoke Bay disks and really like them. Good quality sound, accurate Lyrics and clear graphics not a bad brand to sing off of.
"Life is short Sing Loud."
John