Is it legal to give away a mixtape with a T-shirt sale?

[Anonymous]

Okay, so I got a stack of 25 CDs that I can print to, and for awhile now I've been trying to sell some shirts and mugs with my own designs on them. So, to help boost sales, I was thinking of putting a selection of my favorite songs onto the CDs as a giveaway, where for each order people would recieve one CD of maybe 10 or so of my favorite songs.

However, I fully understand copyright law exists, and I don't want to get in any legal trouble because of this. Naturally, each CD would list the songs and give credit to the actual creators of said songs. I figured it would be something kinda fun, since the shirts have my art on them, to see/hear the music that inspires me as a free giveaway for the amount of CDs I have.

So, essentially, is it illegal to give away a mixtape with every T-shirt/mug order?

[Guy13]

I applaud 👏 your efforts to increase your Revenue. Consult and attorney since it is directly tied to your Business. There are strict procedural copyright practices involved.

[ProVox]

As long as you're not making money off the music/artists you're ok. Just make sure it's known as a free gift with purchase.