Proformance said:
Gee, let me rush right out and buy something that displays a Sound Choice trademark....NOT!
Let me ante up a pre-payment for a product that doesn't yet exist - from a manufacturer who's going to send low lifes to the bars looking for lawsuits .....NOT!
A lot of bogus speculation and wishful legal opinion, not fact. Maybe someday SC will stop treating KJs with such contempt - and maybe someday I will actually buy one of their products ....NOT!
If you are using Sound Choice (or any other manufacturers') songs that you have not paid for, you are the last person who should be describing investigators as "low lifes". Simply put you would be a thief.
If you do use purchased CDGs that you have format/media shifted, but have chosen not to purchase Sound Choice products (for whatever reason, but I suspect it would be budgetary, not song selection or quality), then you are not our target customer anyway. (And for a definition of "customer", find the posts between Sound Choice and JoeChartruese where this topic was discussed).
And we do not have "contempt" for legal KJs - only those pirates who make a living stealing our property without any remorse and more often with a sense of entitlement. Fortunately, not all "pirates" have such disdain for fairness and we would prefer to treat all defendants as future customers, however it's their own attitude that determines the tone of the relationship. We only expect to get paid for what has been stolen from us - and surprisingly we are making it as easy and cost effective as possible to do so.
With the introduction of the MP3G series, at huge discounts and manufacturer financing, it is now easy and relatively inexpensive to become legal.
Contrary to your assertion, we are quite accomodating to those who have stolen from us. If they don't take advantage of the opportunity to get legal now, it is not Sound Choice who is showing contempt for a segment of the Karaoke Market, but the "pirate KJ" who would be showing contempt towards the manufacturers. And on what basis? Because they might be asked (or made) to pay for something they have stolen?
The additional discount was/is an opportunity to save even more money to get legal. If it takes filing continued lawsuits to "wake up" a few more pirates, then that is what we will have to continue to do.
On the other hand we have quite a number of KJs who are currently not legal, but are really interested in becoming legal and looking forward to the launch of the Series. And they are also smart enough to be interested in taking advantage of the additional savings.