2 users on same iMac; 2 different iTunes; burned CDs not appearing in iTunes

My wife and I have an iMac 27", and we have our own users set up; however, we wish to share iTunes music library with each other.  (She syncs her iPhone with her user signon, and I sync my iPhone with my user signon.)  The songs we wish to share are all CDs that have been burned into iTunes using my user signon.  The songs show up in my iTunes; however, they do not show up with her signon.  Is this possible, or does that go against piracy laws?
I currently have iTunes in a public (shared) folder; however, this does not seem to work.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Timo

Hmm... this is a bit technical,
Try posting in the iTunes Match forum, you'll probably find more knowledgeable folks there.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/itunes/itunes_match

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