Royalties? Yeah, to who? Song writer, ya, then who? The recording would have been made off karaoke disc. Yeah my friend is Mr Funnyman alright. But he is good singer. But I would like to investigate this.
Now does this include youtube type of recordings?????

He would need to obtain the copyright from the original copyright holder in order to sell or distribute them. Sometimes it could be a simple letter of ok, to a large fee. This is per song mind you.
Youtube polices their own site, if something is posted without permission and the copyright holder says something, it will usually be taken down. I won't post anything on Youtube (or any other site) that I was video'd or recorded by me.

I believe there was a thread at one stating that the SS is covered through the publishers - probably why the charge for the memberships to cover publisher costs (speculation on my part). Also they aren't downloadable, so the songs aren't being distributed.

Here's a start...
http://www.harryfox.com/

He would need to obtain the copyright from the original copyright holder in order to sell or distribute them. Sometimes it could be a simple letter of ok, to a large fee. This is per song mind you.
Youtube polices their own site, if something is posted without permission and the copyright holder says something, it will usually be taken down. I won't post anything on Youtube (or any other site) that I was video'd or recorded by me.

Thanks, I already have an account with them, from when I did live band recordings.
I am just trying to find out the legalness from people like SC, CB, All star. Do they have say? It is their music and disc that was recorded.

From what I understand, SC sues for the use of it's logo, and on an audio recording.....it's hard to make out.... ....plus there are other karaoke brands to use, and you can also purchase a custom made track........last time I checked, the minimum Harry sells is a 500 copy package per song.

Here's something that came up a few years back. Friend of mine wanted to record himself singing karaoke songs and then sell them to the GP, IE; friends and family. Legal? I was thinking not, but?

I recently asked myself the same question, so here's the answer from Zoom

You’d need clearance from two parties for each song:

1) The record company (that’s us if you’re using our tracks)
2) The music publisher that controls the publishing rights to the songs you want to use (EMI, Universal, Sony etc.)

We charge a fee of £30 British Pounds per tracks to use our recordings in a project. That allows you to make unlimited physical copies and also sell/stream digital copies. It doesn’t cover the publishing aspect though.