a tragedy....

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Originally Posted by LiquidBlue5000

... in my opinion, the bootlegger has the right to charge for his time and effort if he/she so chooses to..

Actually, according to the law, the bootlegger doesn't have a right to do anything, including recording the concert. I understand fully all of your justifications, and I may agree, but the whole thing is just still way illegal. Trackaghost thoughtfully posted the U.S. Copyright Act for you....I believe it's all there, spelled out.... Oh, wait, I don't see it now... anyway, you can make a bunch of justifications why it's not wrong, and I may agree, but in the end everyone has to admit that though what they're doing might not seem wrong, it is illegal. So, don't forget to admit that.

here's the statute.

(a) Unauthorized Acts.— Anyone who, without the consent of the performer or performers involved—
(1) fixes the sounds or sounds and images of a live musical performance in a copy or phonorecord, or reproduces copies or phonorecords of such a performance from an unauthorized fixation,
(2) transmits or otherwise communicates to the public the sounds or sounds and images of a live musical performance, or
(3) distributes or offers to distribute, sells or offers to sell, rents or offers to rent, or traffics in any copy or phonorecord fixed as described in paragraph (1), regardless of whether the fixations occurred in the United States,
shall be subject to the remedies provided in sections 502 through 505, to the same extent as an infringer of copyright.