Pay to Play

[gduns - with the Lord]

A song, is a song, is a song. By copyrite laws change a line, or a lyric, it is not the same song.

If you recorded someone singing a song from a chartbuster disk.

the words will not appear. therefore it is not an illegal copy of their product.

since words do not appear, why can you not sell a recording of the singers work. There will be nothing on the disk recerencing any brand, of Mfg.

anyone have an answer on this thought.

[slsides]

a kj around here used to offer the service of recording a performance to cd-r. she may still offer it, dunno, haven't asked in a couple of years.

she seemed to have done a bit of research, and the fee was paid for the blank media and the time spent recording the songs to the media (she was very specific that the fee was not in any way associated with the purchase of music). you could get all of your turns burned onto the disc, and i think the amount was $10-15.

Shaun

[ddouglass]

Shaun, it still is not legal. The only way you can do it is if they bring their own karaoke CD and sing to that. They then have the purchaser's right to do so. You can not record them from your songs as only you have that right. It would be the same as if you made a copy of your karaoke songs (or any music you own) and gave it to them. That is piracy.
What your local isor was doing is illegal, regardless of how she states it.

[slsides]

I'm not making an opinion statement regarding anything. Just providing a bit of info as to how I've seen things done in the past.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by slsides

I'm not making an opinion statement regarding anything. Just providing a bit of info as to how I've seen things done in the past.

I didn't think you were. Just don't want anybody reading this to think that is a good idea.