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Right now it does, but those judgments will hang on to their credit reports for 7 years? 10 years? As time passes - maybe people grow up a little - those defendants will want to make some sort of settlement.

ALSO - as time passes, SC will come to realize that they will probably never collect the full balance, if anything at all. The plaintiff will then want to offer some sort of settlement.

AND - maybe SC will assign those judgments to a collection agency for a fraction of the judgment value. Even at 5 cents on the dollar, that's a lot of money when you consider how many defaults there are.

That's why I bet that, in the long run, those defaults will pay off better than the judgments.

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You misunderstood what I was saying. People will formulate their opinions regardless of what Sound Choice has to say about it. Sound Choice actions may help formulate opinions, but they aren't the only catalyst.

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You are incorrect Cue regarding me commenting on Rodney's case.

I reported only facts. Some of those facts were pictures from Rodney's publicly accessible myspace and facebook pages he had/has to promote his karaoke business.

Commenting on those pictures, I clearly pointed out that discs could be seen in many of the pictures along with a computer. If anything, I was showing that there was doubt that Rodney was a pirate.

From the "other" forum:

KS rules prohibit links to other forums. If anyone would like a direct link to my posts regarding Rodney on that "other" forum, please PM me.

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Didn't the publishers already receive their royalty when the replacement product was produced and imported to this country? Are there additional payments due the publishers each time a set is sold?

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It could be that the publishers look at it as a means of skirting a higher rate to the publishers by repackaging it in the UK, especially material that was already produced in the US to begin with...

Which brings up a point: Since SC skirted U.S. licensing by way of PRS in the U.K, would any royalties be of the same amount they would have been if licensed here? I doubt it, or licensing wouldn't be so much less expensive over there.

Yup, this may just be an "SC thing", and not industry wide..

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interesting point.....there didn't seem to be an issue with MCPS licensing in the U.S. until this happened.....

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