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What is the name of your state? fl
question is this. i ran across a website that offered free music dvds with a paid membership. it said that i could get a copy of any dvd listed an get a medley of any of the artists listed. since this would be a copy of a music dvd is this illegal and is it a copyright infringement. just wondering before I pay for a membership, do not want to get in trouble for this
Thanks
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If they are really offering COPIES of copyrighted works (DVD's, music CD's, etc.) they would be in violation of the copyright laws. However, I would think though that their use of the word 'copy' would mean that you would get an original CD/DVD.
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from what i can tell this would be a copy of a music dvd. with more than one artist per dvd or just a copy of a particular music dvd. The dvd would be an original with a different mix of different artists, if they burn a copy from a music dvd, and send it to me for free, the key word is free, it is my understanding from your response that it is an infringement of the copyright laws.
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Correct. As long as they do NOT have the copyright holders permission to copy and distributer his/her property, doing so would be a violation.