Legality issues!!

[SteveWalker]

Rickyokie,

I think the question is:

1. If I own 300 CD's is it legal to compress all the songs to files stored on my PC?

2. If I am a DJ with 3000 files stored on my PC is it legal to actually play any of these songs through my speakers in public?

3. Who must be paid for it to be legal? How can I prove that all the songs on my PC are legal (i.e. I have the CD).

I'll be listening for all the legal brilliance of this forum and don't forget this issue is much bigger than mere karaoke.

Steve