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To begin with, I was not givin a truth serum, I was not givin a lie dector test, and the auditor did not threaten me with a rubber hose.
What I had was a very nice guy from the Sound Choice office. He'd worked with Sound Choice for over 15 years, and was directly involved with producing many of the disks all of us (scratch that) some of us buy.
The prep was fairly easy. I took my disk cases out of the closet. (About 30 seconds) I powered up my computer. (Another 30 seconds) I collected my receipts from a folder in another closet. (About one minute). At that rate I wasn't sure what to charge them for my time.
The auditor and I spent about an hour going over my library. He called out various groups, and checked what songs I had by that group. He then picked a disk number at random and asked to see the original disk. After showing him the disk, he took a photograph of it. We went through about 50 songs and artists, photographing each disk. We didn't worry too much about the Foundations or the Bricks, but kept mainly with the 8100 thru the 8900 Spotlights. I guess he was looking for the obscure or out of print disks to see if I actually had them.
Next we took a quick look at some receipts I had from 2000 to 2009. He took a sampling of pictures of those as well. The whole process took about an hour, but then we took another hour talking about this that and the other. He arrived at 12:00 and was gone by 2:00.As I expected, I passed 100%. For every song he asked for, I showed him the original disk.
For those of you that may think I was compensated in some way, let me assure you, I didn't get nuthun' but the satisfaction of going through the audit process. I knew I wasn't a pirate, but I didn't want them to just take my word on it. I wanted to show them.
What I had was a very nice guy from the Sound Choice office. He'd worked with Sound Choice for over 15 years, and was directly involved with producing many of the disks all of us (scratch that) some of us buy.
The prep was fairly easy. I took my disk cases out of the closet. (About 30 seconds) I powered up my computer. (Another 30 seconds) I collected my receipts from a folder in another closet. (About one minute). At that rate I wasn't sure what to charge them for my time.
The auditor and I spent about an hour going over my library. He called out various groups, and checked what songs I had by that group. He then picked a disk number at random and asked to see the original disk. After showing him the disk, he took a photograph of it. We went through about 50 songs and artists, photographing each disk. We didn't worry too much about the Foundations or the Bricks, but kept mainly with the 8100 thru the 8900 Spotlights. I guess he was looking for the obscure or out of print disks to see if I actually had them.
Next we took a quick look at some receipts I had from 2000 to 2009. He took a sampling of pictures of those as well. The whole process took about an hour, but then we took another hour talking about this that and the other. He arrived at 12:00 and was gone by 2:00.As I expected, I passed 100%. For every song he asked for, I showed him the original disk.
For those of you that may think I was compensated in some way, let me assure you, I didn't get nuthun' but the satisfaction of going through the audit process. I knew I wasn't a pirate, but I didn't want them to just take my word on it. I wanted to show them.