somebody help me (torrent dispute)

[froopy seal]

I'm in a rush so this is just a first shot.

Coming from a legal angle and only having scanned the thread, my first advice is: Keep calm and don't release your torrent in the way you planned.

To me, Tom's messages (read about the first half of those) sounded rational and consistent. Contrary to you, I didn't detect any 'personal vendetta'. As wrong as it may seem to a fan, Tom might hold rights as regards the 'remastering', depending on what he actually did. Isn't there a way to obtain the original sources, or use different sources/tracks?

Copyright law is inadequate for the Internet age, but it's still the law, and many companies/people go out of their ways to have it observed. If I were you and really wanted to release the compilation despite copyright issues, I'd use channels that couldn't easily be traced back to me, i.e. uploading/seeding without my registrating anywhere, no info as to me as the creator etc. Not making this legal, of course, just sayin'...