Stellar Records in cooperation with the KIAA has launched its Compliance Assistance Program (CAP) which is now available to all KJ’s, general consumers, venues, etc. hereinafter referred to as “end users” of Stellar Records’ karaoke products and/or products containing the trademarks of Stellar Records. Anyone who has acquired illegal copies of products containing the copyrights and/or trademarks of Stellar Records can for a limited time obtain a Certificate of Defrayal through Stellar Records, the KIAA, or any authorized agent.
These certificates hold harmless and protect the certificate holder from any legal action that might be initiated by the KIAA or Stellar Records for the unauthorized usage, either past, present or future of specific Stellar Records’ products including, but not limited to those accompanied by a visual lyric display file (karaoke format), or for the use of any Stellar Records’ trademarks that may be displayed either on-screen as part of a lyrics display, and/or use of its trademarks in the original product packaging. The certificates are limited to the song titles listed in the accompanying exhibit that is attached to the covenant agreement, and as contained in the brands listed on the accompanying Certificate of Defrayal.
Stellar Records has made every effort to strike an equitable balance between our loyal customers who have purchased many if not all of our products at fair market prices, and the current status of those of whom may have unwittingly purchased illegal copies of our products. At the urging of the KIAA, rather than attempt to determine the intention of the end user in the acquisition of these unauthorized products and in the best interest of resolving this matter going forward, it was deemed as a matter of practicality and expediency to give everyone the benefit of the doubt based on the assumption that all products in question were acquired with good intent.
Stellar Records does acknowledge that many end users may have been misled into believing that the products they had purchased were legitimate only to later discover that they were not. Often times this was as a result of having purchased these products through legitimate distribution channels such as traditional karaoke retailers and web stores. Notwithstanding this fact, Stellar Records cannot offer any credits, refunds or compensation of any sort to any person or entity involved in these transactions.
The end user’s best recourse would be with the seller and should in no way be viewed as the responsibility of Stellar Records. However, Stellar Records will take this into consideration if significant purchases were made in this manner, and will review each occurrence on a case by case basis. It may at its own discretion, credit the end user with either some or all of these purchases toward a certificate.
End users, who have previously made legitimate purchases of Stellar Records products, will be credited on a pro-rata basis. For example, if an end user has purchased 1000 legitimate products out of 2000 products listed, then the end user will be credited 50% off the total price of the certificate.
The Stellar Records CAP program enables end users who may have acquired some or all of their products through unauthorized channels, to now legitimize their catalog. Stellar Records does empathize with end users who may have been “duped” into purchasing illegal or unauthorized copies of Stellar’s products and/or illegal products containing the trademarks of Stellar Records, but at the same time must insist that it gets justly compensated for all usages of our products be it past, present or future.
http://www.stellarrecords.com/cap2.html