Technically, recording live shows may or may not be illegal. I would say you're almost certainly in breach of the terms and conditions of entry on the back of the ticket; (see above: "someone records a show, risks getting booted out, risks their recording equipment being confiscated")
But you said:
Given that a search for "Badlander" in the weeding forum brings up 12 threads with your name in them, you're hardly in a position to be making such a judgement, yes?Badlander wrote:I really can't see how you can stop anybody from sharing something you shouldn't have in the first place.
We're all aware of the possible legal issues surrounding live recordings; we're still trading, weeding, sharing anyway. And I for one am glad that people like mrgreen are willing to take the risks and record the shows and share their recordings. It's not very polite to call someone a crook to their face, is it?
And given that people "close to the band" are aware of the existence of this site, and almost certainly aware of what goes on in the weeding section, I think we can safely assume that we have in some sense tacit approval (or at least not an outright "cease and desist") for it from the band. I may be totally out of whack with this judgement, but you pays your money and you takes your chances.
And like mh says,
Would you rather get your Sisters live recordings for free through weeding and online sharing, or by paying through the nose to some geezer on a market stall?mh wrote:That gap is gonna be filled, and it's miles better that it be filled by a genuine fan who wants to do good stuff for other genuine fans than it be filled by some dodgy front for an arms/drug dealer.