why buying karaoke is cheaper & easier than stealing it
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Why Buying Karaoke is Cheaper & Easier than Stealing it
Free Ain’t Free
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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.
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Free Ain’t Free
What I Am Talking About
Cost to the KJ:• Money• Time• Effort
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Free Ain’t Free
Karaoke has evolvedAnd the price per song has dropped each time.
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Free Ain’t Free
You want new songs
Consider the cost of acquisition for thirty new songs per month, via download or streaming, both through legal means… and not-so-legal.
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Free Ain’t Free
Download: The ContendersTorrent Client Karaoke Cloud
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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
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Free Ain’t Free
Download: The Standards
Files 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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Free Ain’t Free
The Comparison
Torrent 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
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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
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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
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Free Ain’t Free
Streaming: The ContendersWeb-based Client Karaoke Cloud Pro
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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
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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
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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
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Free Ain’t Free
TANSTAAFLThere Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (or “free” karaoke).
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Free Ain’t Free
Pay Yourself First… then pay for your karaoke.
Thank you for listening.