Legal or illegal

[RandyMcCharles]

I'm revisiting the question of legal VS illegal download sites as I can find no one naming names. I have found one propogated claim that "no download site is legal" with no citation to a legal authority stating such. And a statement from Kurt Slep of Sound Choice, “There are actually very few legal karaoke download sites. Most of the sites out there are not properly licensing and paying copyright fees on the music they are selling.” But no where can I find declarations of specific sites being legal or not. Someone earlier in this thread stated that he stopped buying downloads when he learned the practice is illegal 'in the US'. I visited several sites that have been around for awhile. They all 'claim' to be properly licensed. (Just as the CDG manufacturers claim to be properly licensed.) Few are in the US. CAVSUSA is the only US site I could find that has been downloading for years. Chartbusters says "downloading is coming". Sound Choice has a link on their site that goes to The Karaoke Channel in Canada, where you can download SC karaoke as video files.
Karaoke-Version in France offers only downloads. They won't burn a CDG.
So, is there an authority anywhere that can declare any of these specific download sites as legit or not? When Chartbusters turns on their downloads will they suddenly be legal? Or will they be as illegal as 'most of' the current download sites. As a Canadian can I safely purchase from a Canadian download site? (There are quite a few in this country.)