Loneavenger said:
Sounds fair to me, I'm confused why you would assume someone would go through these legal actions without " proof ".
Funny.... you should be asking KJAthena or Good Time Karaoke that.... They were both sued with no "proof" as you say.
Loneavenger said:
If you're legal no worries if not you have to worry. I really am confused as to why you have such a problem with this.
And no, your sweeping statement of "If you're legal no worries" is pure bull. Ask KJAthena if they were legal or Good Time Karaoke if they were legal and they'll tell you "yes, we are." Did that prevent them from being sued? Nope.
Remember, they weren't just "questioned" or even asked politely, they were SUED first! Which is EXACTLY what you state above;
"I'm confused why you would assume someone would go through these legal actions without " proof ".
Hello? Anyone home? Well, you need to get that answer from your buddies at SC, because they've done it, and more than once. Don't excuse them nor ignore their actions like it never happened or justify them some other way.
Here's why I have such a problem with this:
Their entire legal action is one big "fishing expedition" that's why. I spent a lot of money on their product and by their own admission, they are "conducting sweeps" to literally SUE anyone and their clubs who are using their tracks on a computer - and in some cases, even if you are using discs. They might as well be doing racial or religious profiling while they're at it because that's all it is, one big "profiling fishing expedition. "
It's a simple formula for them: KJ + SC = lawsuit, period.
I have a very large investment in their product that they have created and marketed to use in "commercial applications" that they are now filing suit if you do and that has simply rendered it worthless to use.
Loneavenger said:
I guess the question that needs to be asked of you Staley is with laws the way they currently are, how would you prefer this whole situation would be handled? And i should add, if you can't answer this with a plan that would work as well as or better than what Sound Choice is doing then you should probably protest a little less just for the sake of protesting.
No plan that I would ever have, or anyone else, - no matter how workable, equitable, inexpensive or anything else - would "work as well or better" in your mind. You've already made your decision that "their way is the only fair way" and nothing I could ever propose would change that. So your paragraph above is nothing more than a "subjective trap."
As far back as 1997, it was suggested to ALL the manufacturers that they "register and restrict their sales to professional KJ's" and even that they should triple their prices in order to make this an industry more difficult to enter. I know this for a fact, since I'm the one that suggested it.
Their answer was a resounding "NO WAY! We want to tap the 'home and retail market' and make money there too. If we do what you say, there will be MORE piracy, not less." Consequently, we saw what? Sound Choice repackaged as "Performer's Choice" and sold at Walmart. So the greed for the home market basically opened the flood gates and there was no stopping it.
Great.... whatever. And let's not forget that wonderful "Media Cloq" debacle to curb piracy as well. That did nothing to thwart piracy, all it did was screw up any legal hosts with certain cdg players that wouldn't play them.
And where are we now? Oh gee! Lookie, lookie! It now looks like SC wants to "restrict their sales to professional KJ's" for the gem series now doesn't it? Except now, they want to retroactively restrict the use of the regular spotlight series too and get them out of the KJ's hands and off the market....
It's too little, too late and a bunch of crap and that's my opinion. But if you're happy with it then more power to you.