05-24-2005, 04:28 PM
jahcs,May 24 2005, 01:03 AM Wrote:Each song on an album is copyrighted, not just the complete album.
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What I was trying to say is that it is definitely legal to make a compilation. You are allowed to collect songs from albums you pay for and put them on a new CD.
It's typically called legal to give such a compilation to a friend.
I was attempting to point out where a grey area exists in this situation. It's legal to make a compilation, but maybe not a direct copy of a CD. It's legal to give a compilation away to friends, but maybe not a direct copy.
Even more complicated, if it's legal to give a compilation to one friend, is it still legal to give it to 100 friends? 1000?
A lot of the copyright law is just incredibly vague, and is, in my opinion, a poorly designed law in general.
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