Legal issues?

I have been amassing soundtracks for a while now, and I would love to share them on this website. My first question is can I get in legal trouble if I upload files to mega and pm them to other people? I believe my collection would be a good source to compile a ton of good soundtracks for easy downloading, but I am concerned about the risk.

People on this site have been doing it for years. The most I’ve heard of happening to people is their Mega accounts being shut down.

Well that doesn’t sound too bad. Thanks!

You can look here for what labels don’t like seeing publicly posted links.
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Varese Sarabande is a label with a great (as in "huge – not to be taken for granted" great) exception to sharing anything.
As of Feb 2016, one cannot have new threads created for the purposes of saying "PM me" or anything else clever to circumvent the rule enforced by VS.

There’s a post by Jessie where he mentions it and that he had to delete several new threads (regardless of time of release for the VS title; ie, a 1986 album released in 2006 which is before Feb 2016).
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02-04-2016, 02:19 AM

From now on no threads are to be created for music from Varese Sarabande.

I have also had to delete a few threads, just in case people are wondering where they have gone to.

VS used to let "PM threads" exist but there were a couple huge releases that got popular here so they just put an end to threads mentioning VS at all.
Legally, anything owned by VS. Simply leaving out "VS" (or any other cute little form or adding a youtube disclaimer) does not absolve you of your sins to force a company into bankruptcy. They have an excellent idea what content belongs to them. Posters should take it into great consideration to make the same efforts in getting the same ideas as to what’s theirs. Or pay the heavy toll that will crush your very soul like a grape in a vice. And the immediate closure of any related accounts to prevent any further acts of piracy. Yo ho, matey, and a very large, empty bottle of rum.

What he said ^

Technically speaking, you may get into legal trouble simply for uploading what constitutes copyrighted content on an online server, regardless of the "space" being provided by the likes of MEGA/MediaFire/Dropbox, or your personal website, because… You know… You haven’t got their (as in: those who own the content) authorization to do that more often than not.

Your chances of being singled out are higher if you try to share something that has substantial relativeness in America. Sharing a John Williams album of a current movie might not be a great idea….sharing the latest Maroon 5 album is probably even worse of an idea.

However, sharing something that is out of print AND was never sold in this country has a much lower chance of causing problems. The plaintiff has to prove damages by your act of sharing. If it wasn’t something that could be bought to begin with by those you shared it with……

Another thing, is not every company is like Var�se Sarabande. Any other may ask nicely, they may ask not so nicely, they may not even ask at all, they may take immediate legal action.

We got lucky every damn time we’ve been reported or been requested by a group or label to remove posted threads or links.