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[ddouglass]

Bryant and Sam I think as far as enforcement you guys are mixing terms up.
Piracy is counterfeiting of an item (in this case song files or discs) and is a gainst the law and would be a criminal offence.
Copyright and trademark enfringement which is using the counterfeit items is not a criminal offence and thus has to be persued by the owner in civil court. No cases have been taken to court by the KIAA directly. The Arizona cases have been filed by Stellar and Sound Choice (the owners).

[bryant]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

Bryant and Sam I think as far as enforcement you guys are mixing terms up.
Piracy is counterfeiting of an item (in this case song files or discs) and is a gainst the law and would be a criminal offence.
Copyright and trademark enfringement which is using the counterfeit items is not a criminal offence and thus has to be persued by the owner in civil court. No cases have been taken to court by the KIAA directly. The Arizona cases have been filed by Stellar and Sound Choice (the owners).

ahh, gotcha, thanx.

[RandyMcCharles]

I occasionally drop by Sound Choice's custom track site (www.mykaraokecdg.com.au) to see where they are going after closing it a few weeks back. Today I saw they are reselling SBI's Abraxa tracks instead of their own. (I don't think they have the proper downloadable catalog, however, as it doesn't match what the search brings up.) They look to be charging the same prices as they used to for Sound Choice tracks, so you can get the same Abraxa tracks as well as tracks from several other manufacturers for much less at SBI's own site (www.sbikaraoke.com) or (www.selectatrack.com).

[RIKKI TIKKI]

Try Chartbuster's custom cdg program also... pricewise, newer selections, and time of delivery is why I have recently switched from SoundChoice... and yes they ( SoundChoice ) either sub-contracted their custom cdg operation out, or something else ( Licencing Rights ) maybe caused them to back off... ???

[RandyMcCharles]

I haven't orderee custom CDGs from either yet. I've just been watching the industry change, escpecially Sound Choice as they have good tracks but haven't been producing much new material for a while. I did order from Select-A-Track (a year ago) as they had tracks I wanted unavailable anywhere else. The quality was good.

[RIKKI TIKKI]

I've tried selectatrak and found the quality of some of their labels (Manufacturers) to be very iffy... but at least you can hear & see the samples and make your decision from those small clips... I also was looking for newer selections, unavailable from the better manufacturers here in the States, that seem to be a little slow, probably again from licensing issues...

[RandyMcCharles]

Mostly I was getting tracks by UK artists that may never show up in North America, like "She's Madonna" by Robbie Williams. Yes, you can listen before buying. I always do and if I don't like what I hear I don't buy the track. Many tracks are available from multiple manufacturers so you can compare and pick the one you like the best. That said the main point of my posting was that Sound Choice is doing some odd things. It will be interesting to see where the balls stops and what SC may do or say through KIAA regarding the industry (and SC's competitors) when they finish repositioning themselves.