Ngaphansi komthetho we-copyright wase-US, ukuba uguqula (ukhupha) i-CD eyimvelaphi oyiyo kwiifayile zedijithali, ngoko oku kufanelekileyo ukuba 'Ukusetyenziswa ngokufanelekileyo'. Ngethuba nje xa ulisebenzisa ngokuzisebenzisa kwakho kwaye ungasasazisi abanye izinto zokubhaliweyo, ngoko awuyi kuphula umthetho.
Ngokutsho kwewebhu le-RIAA, kuyamkeleka ukwenza ikopi yeCD yokuqala njengamafayile omculo wedijithali okanye ukutshisa ikopi enye ukusetyenziswa kwakho kwangasese, kodwa ukuba ungabelane nabanye. Into ekhunjulwayo kukukhumbula, ungalokothi usasaze umculo kwi-CD yakho yasekuqaleni yase-CD kunoma yiphi na ifomu.