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I found this on the Karaoke Alliance site ( another "look at us" group, but that's where I found it....)
Tips to a venue that a KJ or Karaoke company might have illegal content.
You are within your rights to discuss this issue with your KJ and to ask for their assurance that they are running a legal karaoke show. Below is a list of some things to look out for. Note that the presence of these factors does not necessarily mean a karaoke show is running pirated content, but these are fairly universal indications that should raise your awareness and cause you to question your host about the karaoke music they are using in their show.
Running a karaoke show using a computer, CAVS machine, or other device with more than 20,000 karaoke tracks [the huge monetary investment necessary to put together a collection of karaoke tracks larger than this makes it likely that at least some of the library has been acquired illegally, unless the host has been in business many years.
Running multiple simultaneous shows in different establishments on the same night. [this can indicate that the hard drives could have been copied between machines].
Songs that have the introductory branded trademark screen removed [this shows an attempt to hide the manufacturer of the song which is an obvious willful infringement.
Charging low prices for a show [while price competition between KJs is common, if a KJ has stolen content then their investment in their business is very low, so they usually charge less than an operator with a fully paid for library.
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Your thoughts?
Tips to a venue that a KJ or Karaoke company might have illegal content.
You are within your rights to discuss this issue with your KJ and to ask for their assurance that they are running a legal karaoke show. Below is a list of some things to look out for. Note that the presence of these factors does not necessarily mean a karaoke show is running pirated content, but these are fairly universal indications that should raise your awareness and cause you to question your host about the karaoke music they are using in their show.
Running a karaoke show using a computer, CAVS machine, or other device with more than 20,000 karaoke tracks [the huge monetary investment necessary to put together a collection of karaoke tracks larger than this makes it likely that at least some of the library has been acquired illegally, unless the host has been in business many years.
Running multiple simultaneous shows in different establishments on the same night. [this can indicate that the hard drives could have been copied between machines].
Songs that have the introductory branded trademark screen removed [this shows an attempt to hide the manufacturer of the song which is an obvious willful infringement.
Charging low prices for a show [while price competition between KJs is common, if a KJ has stolen content then their investment in their business is very low, so they usually charge less than an operator with a fully paid for library.
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Your thoughts?