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Starting an Online Personalized CD Business (A Legal Question)

Q. This is actually a legal question. Would it be legal to start a business on-line selling personalized cd's? meaning using different songs from various artists, and clip art from different companies? Thank you so much for your time.-- Patricia

Advice by Nach Maravilla
Publisher, PowerHomeBiz.com

A. Dear Pat,

I must assume that you want to sell online, materials from various artists which you will copy and compile as your clients may request you to do. Then you will copy labels of other companies.

Doing this would be legal if you have explicit permission from the recording companies where you copy the songs and music or you pay licensing fees from these companies. The same way as copying artwork from other companies.

If you do this without permission, you will be inviting a big, big trouble sooner or later. Do you remember what happened to Napster.com?

I recommend that you consult a lawyer before you attempt to do anything like this one.

Good luck!

About the PowerHomeBiz.com Guide: 

Nach Maravilla is the Publisher of Power Homebiz Guides. He has over thirty years experience in sales and marketing of various products, which covered as he jokingly describes, "from toothpicks to airplanes"  He also had extensive experience in International trading and he always excelled in special promotional ideas for  retail outlets. 

 

The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author, not of PowerHomeBiz.com. Users should not treat the Guide's response as legal, accounting, or professional advice as all answers are intended to be general in nature. Such advice can only be properly given by qualified professionals who are fully aware of a user's specific geographical areas or circumstances, such as an attorney or accountant.

 

 
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