Legal Or Not? Options

[JusClownin]

Hi guys. Wasn't sure if this was the best forum for this, but here goes.

As a hobby, a friend and I record vocals on random instrumentals of recordings that we usually find on CD singles at the record store or on the net.

They are pretty humorous and have little or nothing to do with the artist who created the instrumental. We want to create site where we can share our renditions with the public for free. We both have full time careers and have absolutely no interest in selling these songs, not that anyone would buy them, or making profit off the site. It would be fully funded by out of our own pocket and we wouldn't have any advertisers. Just a personal site.

Does anyone know if we'd run into any legal problems by doing this? Like I said, it's just a hobby. Basically, we're just two old friends from high school that get together maybe 3 times a year, drink and have some fun jamming on these recordings. They are by far from "great" quality, but they're actually not so bad, for what it's worth.

Anyway, any input or advice would be great. I just fear having some big-wig artist or label sue us for something so trivial.

[lepetitmartien]

LepetitMartien, what is DADVSI law?

It's the french law under examination which is so stupidly made that it will just make more piracy… it's not definitive, but if it becomes so, it'll be a disaster for private liberties and authors alike. Even the Majors (intensively lobbying behind for this text) will gnaw their fingers in the end.

It can even make forbid free software or mail clients…

I'd like the discussion on the side issues to keep civil, MM is no boxing ring and we are clearly against piracy on the site by respect to people visiting (editors, composers, developers…) and for legal reasons. And it's certainly not a subject people can get violent in.

We are on a limit of fair use here, and it's certainly not to make cash, so cool down.

Have a bier