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From: robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>a bit strongly put tom but i think you'd be hard pressed to find
>anyone, who buys the kind of music we do, that hasn't *ever*
bought a
>bootleg. (as well as copying the occasional cd, tape etc etc.
>everyone's done it.)
i know. but thats what i find funny. everyone is up in arms about
how bad bootlegging is until something they really want gets
booted. and unless youre the most serious hardcore collecter (no
one im friends with or that ive talked to!) who only wants
originals, theres always going to be some record that someone
wants.
i feel like most people who would be buying bootlegs are people
trying to play them out. and most people deejaying that i know
lose crazy money on it already without having to shell out crazy
$$$ to collectors for certain very difficult to obtain records. to
be entirely honest, i find the people who charge crazy money for
second hand records to be as or more vile than the bootleggers.
>when you look at the situation without trying to find a side to
sit on
>it has to be said that it's impossible to justify bootlegs
without
>pulling the economic excuse, which just isn't a valid one.
honestly, if things were available all the time i dont think
anyone would ever buy a bootleg! most people inherently want to
give the artists their money.
>that said, at least there's a positive side to this (from a
record
>buying point of view). we've seen a lot of legit rereleases from
labels
>like planet e and artists licensing to properly done compilations
that
>could have possibly have been encouraged by the fact that demand
for
>bootlegs exists.
and that is why im not entirely against the idea of bootlegging
despite the fact that i own very very few bootlegs.
tom
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