Badlander wrote:I always find that kind of comment quite amusing indeed. Recording and distributing copyrighted live material is illegal anyway. Back in the day you sometimes had a copyright note on bootleg CDs.
Now I really can't see how you can stop anybody from sharing something you shouldn't have in the first place.
BTW, I do know it's a moral issue rather than a law issue.
To the best of my knowledge, if you tape live material, this isn't copyrighted, as copyright exists in recordings. If you were right, recording a show you've been to and listening to it at home would be illegal. You're not allowed to sell it, though. Also, I see a point in not spreading lossy versions, since these will inevitable deteriorate each time they're transcoded. Keep the trades lossless, and then you can do what you like with them yourself.