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I disagree the purpose of a forum is to discuss opinions on karaoke. Some of the opinions may be wrong especially on legal matters. Many regulars on this forum know who is spewing air or has a reasonable well thought out opinion. They may be wrong but certainly they are a lot cheaper than $200 an hour legal advice from an atourney.

Many people on this forum have experience in dealing with matters of the law as it impacts their karaoke. The fact that they may or may not have a legal degree is not relevent to the matter. One only has to take it with a grain of salt like any other advice in the forum.

We dont necessaraly believe that Microphone brand X is great and Brand Y sucks just because one person states it to be so on the forum, but taken in the whole, a forum like this can help us for opinions on what is the consensus on such matters.

Legal advice is the same way. Many of the people on the forum know what they are talking about. At the same time, some random person with a law degree and an atourney's license may not know anywhere near as much about the law as it applies specifically to karaoke as many on this forum who lack official legal training.

Sure some of the avice may be wrong, just like advice on which microphone to buy, but that is not a reason to stop discussion.

If the world only relied on consutlation with atourneys to inform the public on legal matters the world would be a mess. Sure at some point an atourney may be the origional source of the information but repeating and disemination of that information is generally done by the public at large.

If the atourney's bar frowns on such activity, that is one of the reasons that lawyers generally are respected slightly less than used car salesmen or pond scum by the general public.

Sir! As an engineer I have had formal proceedings with the FCC, OSHA and The FBI. I know how they operate and I know my rights. As a tech I have installed many jukeboxes and sound systems in everything from to rest homes to municipal buildings. And have had personal and business dealings with ASCAP. For 3 years I have posted links and endevoured to clear up the ambiguities of copyright laws concerning karaoke. But they still join and ignore my experience and boldly accuse me and all computer operators of being illegal. This does nothing for our business except to put a black cloud over it. I represent and defend karaoke hosts and not major corporations.  I am tired of it and I do have one of the best family attorneys around.

Regards,
Ollie Smith
Cabaret Karaoke

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