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I know I may be stretching a bit here Mr. Harrington sir ... but how how would either BMI, ASCAP or anyone else for that matter who has no direct prior knowledge of you obtaining music illegally be able to form "a reasonable basis" that you had otherwise? There would not be a Trademarked image showing that would give them a backdoor into your hard drive and one can obtain the same song from many different retailers so policing iTunes, Amazon, Promo Only, Prime Cuts, etc. to tack your purchases would be futile.

Can you imagine the backlash from bars, club owners & DJ's falsely accused of such when it turns out that overzealous "contracted" spies didn't investigate properly and sued those still using Cd's or Vinyl (non DVS of course)?

Again, without someone having actual knowledge & proof that you are playing tracks that you did not come by legally, I would think it would be nearly impossible to get a judge to order your hard drive up for inspection.



This is not the forum for that nor will I be baited into a discussion concerning such ... no offense but I don't discuss politics or religion. Sorry.

I know a few folks I'd like to see them visit and check. For the record I do think sc has the right to protect their property from theft. I work regularly with about 55 venues a week and I can't see any of them who I think would voluntarily ally with the regulating agencies against their entertainment. For the most part, they are a necessary evil in the business, sort of like the IRS. I think there are more DJs with illegally obtained content than kjs, but doesn't seem that anyone cares at this point.