(4) Any person who distributes a phonorecord or a copy of a computer program (including any tape, disk, or other medium embodying such program) in violation of paragraph (1) is an infringer of copyright under section 501 of this title and is subject to the remedies set forth in sections 502, 503, 504, and 505,. Such violation shall not be a criminal offense under section 506 or cause such person to be subject to the criminal penalties set forth in section 2319 of title 18.
Taken from: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#109
+ The RIAA (The Recording Industry Association of America) suggests that to sell a compilation CD you must first get aquire a license from the individual copyright owners
+ To offer digital downloads requires a license which are granted by copyright owners.
UK Copyright Laws
Copyright law provides that a person must have permission to make a copyrighted work (such as a sound recording) available for download on the internet. Doing so (i.e. uploading) without permission of the copyright owner (in the case of a sound recording, the record label) is against the law, regardless of whether the music was originally obtained legally or illegally by the uploader.
+ Buying a download means you buy the copy of the music and not the rights to copy of distribute
+ Consumers are not allowed to sell or give away the original once it has been copied.
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