I bought a promotional cd from Ebay. It sais ';not for sale'; on the label. Is it illegal to own it?

It is a Jeff Bates promo cd and it says not for sale on cd label and on the booklet. is it illegal to sell or own them?I bought a promotional cd from Ebay. It sais ';not for sale'; on the label. Is it illegal to own it?
No artists release promotion cds etc for radio station use, or so a magazine can do a review, its not illegal to own but it is one way that music is copied and distributed before an official release date and they probably dont want that to happen.I bought a promotional cd from Ebay. It sais ';not for sale'; on the label. Is it illegal to own it?
yes I had seen many cd's on Ebay.


They are all copied and then resold.


So its not illegal for you to have it but is illegal


to copy musi like they are.

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It is not illegal to own the CD. The party who sold it would have some trouble with the promotor who supplied it as it was not for resale. Hang onto it it may be a collectors item.
Legal to own, illegal to sell. As long as you don't sell it you'll be ok.
No, it's not illegal to own it, but it's not supposed to be sold, however, I believe the ';not for sale'; stamp is directed towards business owners and not auction sites like eBay.
Maybe it was just a demo or sample CD, like the kind the DJs play. I wouldn't be concerned about it. Just don't sell it. Hopefully, the FBI has more important challenges than chasing after bootlegged CDs. Then again...
the only ones i own that say that are just what you said it is... a promotional CD. whenever i won a cd on the radio, that is the one they would send you, meaning they can't sell it, but they can give it away in a contest or something.
if the seller is the actual hired distributer of the CD, then there's nothing illegal. else the seller has done something illegal. its up to you whether or not to take action.





the rule is basically there if you get caught. I mean, you're not supposed to record TV shows or movie rentals, but people do that all the time. As long as you don't get caught. like removing the warning label off a mattress.
i say dont even worry about! its not like u bought it from a retail store. even if it comes to trouble, they're the one who are gonna be busted! not u so u have nothing to worrie about dear!
it麓s illegal to sell it! they rob you