Music Publishers Are Killing Karaoke

someone has to support thier 3 million dollar homes and cars and the small guy is always the first they come after

[Lauraine Graham- with the Lord]

Greetings all

My thought on reading the original thread is so astroundingly obvious that it MUST have been thought of already, BUT, if the UK is a much nicer place for the music business and karaoke in particular, why don't all the companies operate from here?

I am sure there some difficulties I haven't thought of -I rarely come up with a totally original idea - but all the same, some sort of voting with one's feet ought to send a message to these bullies. Mr Priddis, and others like him, ought to be supported and praised for their support of us. Otherwise the implications of what we do when we buy a backing track and CDG it is too frightening to contemplate.

regards to all

[jimbo]

The karaoke companies would love to run a business out of the UK, the only problem is the import laws regarding music and karaoke makes it basically impossible to do it in the UK and then import them into the US. There are HUGE import fees for such materials.

"While U.S. publishers have agreed to the UK terms for UK karaoke companies, they are preventing hard-pressed U.S. karaoke companies from taking advantage of that program. U.S. agents require import licenses in order to stop anyone that has not paid their exorbitant fees."