why buying karaoke is cheaper & easier than stealing it
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Free Ain’t Free. Why Buying Karaoke is Cheaper & Easier than Stealing it . What I’m Not Talking About. Lost Wages to: Musicians Audio Engineers Graphic Artists Lost Revenues to: Record Companies Karaoke Studios Publishers. Free Ain’t Free. …or litigation costs. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Why Buying Karaoke is Cheaper & Easier than Stealing it
Free Ain’t Free
Free Ain’t Free
What I’m Not Talking AboutLost Wages to:• Musicians• Audio Engineers• Graphic Artists
Lost Revenues to:• Record Companies• Karaoke Studios• Publishers
…or litigation costs.
Free Ain’t Free
What I Am Talking AboutCost to the KJ:• Money• Time• Effort
Free Ain’t Free
Karaoke has evolvedAnd the price per song has dropped each time.
Free Ain’t Free
You want new songsConsider the cost of acquisition for thirty new songs per month, via download or streaming, both through legal means… and not-so-legal.
Free Ain’t Free
Download: The ContendersTorrent Client Karaoke Cloud
Free Ain’t Free
Download: The PlatformDell Inspiron N7110Quad-core 2.2 GHz6MB cache, 6GB RAM
64-bit Windows Home Premium SP1
Firefox 26.0Comcast Home Broadband 30Mb/s down, 4Mb/s up
Free Ain’t Free
Download: The StandardsFiles are considered quality if:
• Fewer than 3 video errors of less than a half-second, not in verse.
• Fewer than 1 transient audio error of less than one-quarter second.
• Complete and correct metadata.• No MIDI
Free Ain’t Free
Caveats: Torrent Client• Client was loaded and ready
to go when the clock started• We were able to multi-select
some files• Downloading rates suffered
during peak times• Traffic-shaping was evident• ISP uses Sandvine for deep-
packet inspection
Free Ain’t Free
Time Score: Torrent ClientSearch for, locate and download desired file: 2 minutes.
Watch file to detect audio or video errors: ~4 minutes
Average acquisition time: 6 minutes per file.
Free Ain’t Free
Quality Score: Torrent ClientFailure rate: 64 of 100
The average file had to be downloaded 3 times to find a file that passed the modest standards above.
This raised the average acquisition time to 16 minutes/song. Can average 4-10 songs per hour.
Free Ain’t Free
Caveats: Karaoke Cloud• No membership required to
purchase downloads• Client was loaded and ready,
payment information entered when the clock was started
• Downloading rates did not hit a hard cap
Free Ain’t Free
Time Score: Karaoke CloudSearch for, locate and download desired file: 2 minutes.
Watch file to detect audio or video errors: Not necessary
Average acquisition time: 2 minutes per file.
Free Ain’t Free
Quality Score: Karaoke CloudFailure rate: 0 of 100
No files had to be downloaded more than once.
Can average 30 songs per hour.
Free Ain’t Free
The ComparisonTorrent Client Karaoke Cloud
Search, locate, acquire
Watch quality check
Repeat process x 2
Total Time
Songs/hour
2 min
4 min
8 min
14 min
4-10
Search, locate, acquire
Watch quality check
Repeat process x 2
Total Time
Songs/hour
2 min
0 min
0 min
2 min
30
Free Ain’t Free
What Is Your Time Worth?Torrent Client Karaoke Cloud
Cost of 30 songs
KJ makes $125 for 3 hrs.
x 3 hrs. for 30 songs
Opportunity Cost
Total Cost
$0.00
$41.66/hr.
$125.00
?????
$125.00
Cost of 30 songs
KJ makes $125 for 3 hrs.
X 1 hr. for 30 songs
Opportunity Cost
Total Cost
$59.70
$41.66/hr.
$41.66
$0.00
$101.36
Average Scenario
Free Ain’t Free
What Is Your Time Worth?Torrent Client Karaoke Cloud
Cost of 30 songs
KJ makes $75 for 3 hrs.
x 3 hrs. for 30 songs
Opportunity Cost @ Min
Total Cost
$0.00
$25.00/hr.
$75.00
$14.50
$89.50
Cost of 30 songs
KJ makes $75 for 3 hrs.
X 1 hr. for 30 songs
Opportunity Cost
Total Cost
$59.70
$25.00/hr.
$25.00
$0.00
$84.70
Worst-Case Scenario
Free Ain’t Free
Streaming: The ContendersWeb-based Client Karaoke Cloud Pro
Free Ain’t Free
Caveats: Web Streaming• Broadband dependent• Cost of 4G card + plan is
about $50 for 5GB/month• No tools for song queue,
singer rotation, audio controls, crossfade, ad management, next singer up crawl, etc.
• Must manage multiple browser windows, overhead
• QoS and QoA issues
Free Ain’t Free
KC Pro Advantages• Broadband independent –
songs are pre-tethered• Same tools as included in
PCDJ Karaoki, CompuHost, kJams, Jukebox Jockey, Virtual DJ
• Implemented through Karaoke Cloud API
Free Ain’t Free
What Is Convenience Worth?Web-based Streaming Karaoke Cloud Pro
Cost of 4G card + plan
Convenience Cost
Total Cost
Based on 8 shows/mo.
$50.00/mo.
$49.00
$99.00
$6.13/show
Cost of KC Pro
Convenience Cost
Total Cost
$99.00/mo.
$0.00
$99.00
Built-In Tools
Free Ain’t Free
TANSTAAFLThere Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (or “free” karaoke).
Free Ain’t Free
Pay Yourself First… then pay for your karaoke.
Thank you for listening.