Is this legal?

[pkquat]

I'll supply the twist. Lets say, its MY home movies and pictures, and I supply some music from CD's I own. The DVD is for my own PRIVATE use. Unless things have changed, this is covered under fair use. I am only transfering the song to a different media for private use.

If I pay someone to do this same thing for MY same usage, I am only paying for their compilation and creation services.

 

[choknuti]

It is dodgy beyond belief if the stranger is not only copying the music, but PROCESSING IT AS WELL.

Thanks for clearing that up for me. I think that the above point is where the dodginess starts breaking the law.

 

[llama_man]

Nicely put. I can certainly see your point.

As far as I know, the "fair usage" rules aren't a legal right, but rather an informal extra-statutory concession from the rather Draconian copyright laws.
It's unlikely that an ESC would be loose enough to permit 3rd party copying.

In the circumstances you describe, it is diffcult to make much of a moral argument against it. However, moral arguments don't always make legal ones, so I'd still tread carefully. If they can't get the service provider for illegal copying, they might go after the client for non-permitted lending.

In short: don't become a test case and find out.