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*sigh* We wanted to do this, but the people we ran the idea by told us that it would be copyright infringement and probably not quite legal for mass distribution….We almost did it anyway, but we didn’t want to offend anyone. I still love the idea.

I love this idea. We are doing it for the “thank you” card for folks that attend our destination wedding… basically a memory of our week together.

I have also seen his and hers CDs to showcase the bride’s and groom’s tastes if both are really into music.

Cute idea. Bad idea—my parents went to a wedding this weekend and they gave out a music video dvd. Kind of weird. Cd though–very cute!

I’ve been tossing this idea around too! I love it because of how it can really show the personality of the couple getting married. On the other hand, music is a really personal choice and I know my music choices and those of my fiances probably don’t mesh with those of my/our grandma/pas, numerous aunts & uncles, even parents. Although I think a bunch of cousins/friends would like it, I don’t want us to give our guests something that at least half of them wouldn’t enjoy.

Still, maybe your family is different! And you actually have a sweet story behind mix CDs that you could tell your guests about by slipping a note into the cases or something. My fiance and I met at a euchre tournament at school so we’re considering doing that with packs of cards for favors…we’ll see.

In any case, if you decide not to give mix CDs to everyone, maybe consider giving them to the wedding party as part of a thank you gift or something. As your friends/peers they would probably appreciate something like that!

Love the drawing! However, as a publishing professional (although I work in trade book publishing) I have to say that violating copyright is wrong even if it’s on a small scale. Would you hand out DVDs of movies that have meaning to you and your fiance as a favor? it’s the same thing. Someone on another website brought that up recently, and it was interesting to see how some people would hand out music CDs, but not movie DVDs, when it’s the same copyright violation. Some people, of course, don’t care, they seem to think that if it’s something they can do easily in their own home, it’s not wrong. I could scan a $20 bill and print it out in my own home quite easily, but I’d be in big trouble if I tried to pass it at my local convenience store.

Is compiling various songs different than copying an entire CD, though? I realize that the individual songs are still copyrighted, but I’m just wondering. When I was in a theatre group in college, we could put on musical revues without having to buy the rights to the individual shows they were from, as long as we were using something like less than 3 songs from any one show. This was completely legal, and I know it’s a completely different situation from the CD mix idea, but just food for thought.

http://www.do-it-yourself-weddings.com/CD-wedding-favors.html

I love the idea and we almost did it for our wedding. He was going to create a “love cd” to tell the story of us by compiling specific songs with great lyrics. I love the picture!

i have to agree with lydia and pencil — about using copyrighted songs and giving them away– i think its a violation of property rights–
I have seen couples do this and give them away and every time i think– gosh you really don’t know the law– yes its mean — but.. its the truth-

even if you buy it on itunes- its for your personal use- not for you to make 100 copies and distribute it- even if its free and not sold.

Brook- educational institutions have more relaxed rules on copy right infringement because its for the cause of learning.

sorry.

wow. we were considering doing these but we won’t be after I’ve read all of your thoughts.

If I had been getting married 15 years ago, i never would’ve second guessed giving out something like a mix tape to people.

of course, the internet has changed the way we look at alot of things, including being able to read up in the hive!