Legallity Advice Needed (music cd, The Police, record companies, quote, artist)

CountryGirl · 11-06-2007, 10:07 AM

Hi all,

I run a non profit small animal rescue and have been looking for ways to fundraise for my organization. I have an idea that I think would work really well but I want to do things right. I have been searching to find out if this is legal or not and can not find anything about it.

In any event my idea is to creat a mix music CD full of all of the songs that pertain to my theme. I would of course purchase the music legally.

Then I would ask for $X amount of donation. Then as a FREE thank you gift for your generous donation I would send out a copy of the mix CD. Since it is technically not illegal to gift music to your friends as say a birthday gift then I don't see how it could be illegal to gift the music to people who donate as an appreciation for the donation.

What do you all think? Or can anyone point me in the right direction to find out the right answer? I have been searching for several days now trying to find out if I can do this or not.

Thanks for helping out.

11-06-2007, 10:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
CountryGirl Groupie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 5	Legallity Advice Needed Hi all, I run a non profit small animal rescue and have been looking for ways to fundraise for my organization. I have an idea that I think would work really well but I want to do things right. I have been searching to find out if this is legal or not and can not find anything about it. In any event my idea is to creat a mix music CD full of all of the songs that pertain to my theme. I would of course purchase the music legally. Then I would ask for $X amount of donation. Then as a FREE thank you gift for your generous donation I would send out a copy of the mix CD. Since it is technically not illegal to gift music to your friends as say a birthday gift then I don't see how it could be illegal to gift the music to people who donate as an appreciation for the donation. What do you all think? Or can anyone point me in the right direction to find out the right answer? I have been searching for several days now trying to find out if I can do this or not. Thanks for helping out.