Recording and selling DVDs of dance recital – music rights

[Johnny Tintor]

Trip,

It is LEGAL for your client to use songs (that he purchased) in his own project, for his own personal use. It is ILLEGAL for you to use the songs to build the DVD’s that you will eventually charge him for-since the DVD’s are not for YOUR OWN personal use. Even though you are not charging him for “adding them” per se, you are still charging him for the final product-which includes copyrighted music.

Johnny