Making Another Bootleg Baby With Liveherenow Recordings?

[holden]

Agree that the liveherenow tracks are not to be dispersed for free.

The copyrighting of concert recordings is an issue when bootlegs are sold. Recording concerts is as old as the hills and many, many bands are fine with the hardcore fans doing this and trading freely (in the spirit of RTSR). The difference comes when its a professionally-produced "Live" album, like EE or the soundboard recordings from liveherenow that are intended for profit are sold or distributed second-hand.

So, knocking out the LHN recordings, can we nominate from the canon of fan recordings from 2000 - present? Additionally, there's several excellent gigs that UW has shared on UWLive or broadcast (e.g. Osaka 05, Cocoon 06, Oblivion Ball and Roundhouse 07).

Quick count from my shelves...i've got at least 45 fan/broadcast recordings from 2000 on, and there are plenty more, i'm sure. We should have no problem if this is to go forward. "If" being the operative word

[TheBang]

Originally Posted by holden

The copyrighting of concert recordings is an issue when bootlegs are sold. Recording concerts is as old as the hills and many, many bands are fine with the hardcore fans doing this and trading freely (in the spirit of RTSR). The difference comes when its a professionally-produced "Live" album, like EE or the soundboard recordings from liveherenow that are intended for profit are sold or distributed second-hand.

Just want to clear up this common Internet (and before the Internet) misconception. Jan was correct when he said even audience recordings are covered by copyright law, whether sold or distributed for free.

Educate yourself:

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap11.html

That said, while it is technically against the law, it's rarely, if ever, prosecuted. Mostly bands look the other way (talking about audience boots here). And some have even given explicit permission for P2P sharing of live shows (Pearl Jam, Phish, John Mayer).