It's important to recognize one tiny and familiar distinction between the general trading community's stance and that of etree on 'liberated boots.' General trading attitude is liberating boots is OK because it undermines the thieves who seek to profit by selling unauthorized boots. Trader-friendly artists don't care if you thusly undermine the thieves, since they're happy that you have the recording and quite unsympathetic to the thief. My perception is that 'liberated boots' are quite welcome in etree circles if at least on par with any other source of that show already circulating AND, if to be discussed/offered/etc on the etree lists, are **taper-friendly artists.** The righteousness of the "liberating boots'" ethic, however, does not override etree's fundamental adherence to the taper-friendly rule on the lists
Also good to do a little research to satisfy yourself that it's indeed an unauthorized bootleg you're liberating, and not a licensed Euro or Japan etc. release that actually IS producing a few nickels for the artist. I've seen a number of offers withdrawn because somebody points out, to the offeror's shock and horror, that this is the case. (this most commonly occurs with foreign re-releases of decades-old material that appear at first blush to be bootlegs, and is much less likely as to current-scene jambands). wilbur _______________________________________________ etree.org etree mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etree Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
