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  1. 21st Nov 2004 16:29 #1
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    If you make a slideshow for someone and they want music popular (copyrighted) music to go along with it, is that legal?

    I know it would be illegal if it was my music, but if it is entirely their music collection, and none of mine, and I added it to the background of the slideshow, would I be breaking any law?

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    Yes, you would be required to pay for the rights to the music.
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    Probably. If you make the slideshow, you're the one who clicked and dragged that .WAV file over into the project.

    Maybe our resident law sage adam can comment on it
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    Whether you do it or they do it, its a violation of the copyright held by the author's of those songs. You are making a copy and a distribution of the song. Those are the exact things that royalties, paid to the copyright holder, are intended to compensate for.
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    alright, I thought so, but I just wanted to check. Thanks!
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