John Doe
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 | | 23 Oct 2003 12:59 PM |
| | Haven't bought any live bootleg CDs for a while, but I decided to buy a bootleg of the Bruce Springsteen gig at the RDS in May and confidently strolled into a well known second hand CD shop on the quays which always had a great selection of live bootlegs.
To my astonishment I was told that they can't sell them any more as new legislation has been passed which outlaws the sale of bootlegs. WHAT THE F**K ? Live bootlegs were always illegal but the cops used to turn a blind eye to them....anyone know what happened ???
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Vent My Spleen
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| | 23 Oct 2003 1:11 PM |
| | Probably was the Recording Industry people. I remember working in a shop maybe 15 years ago which sold car radios - apparently you were supposed to have a license play music on them as it was a commercial enterprise. I suspect they just cold called the various shops and told them to desist or face action. | | | |
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John Doe
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| | 04 Nov 2003 9:48 AM |
| | Just bumping this up to see if anyone else had any comments..... | | | |
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Dromed
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| | 04 Nov 2003 10:16 AM |
| | Was never really in to buying 'live' stuff as such, the quality is usully so bad you never listen to it again...though i do remember going in to town on a Saturday when I was a nipper to buy some bootlegged cassette tapes off the dude beside the Molly Malone statue - you could get 2 for a fiver i think, and they had really badly photocopied artwork...ahh memories. | | | |
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Q2
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| | 04 Nov 2003 10:20 AM |
| | What shop was that John?
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John Doe
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| | 04 Nov 2003 10:44 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Q2
What shop was that John?
Q2
Rhythym Records. | | | |
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