SSIA pretty much. was approved to tape a show a couple days ago where there were no restrictions on the type of taping (had mics on a mic stand, camcorder on a tripod, and a board feed would have been ok with the band, but there was no time for the venue FOH to set me up with one). however, the woman running the merch table who OK'd me did so by texting the tour manager (who i wasn't able to talk to personally), and she added the stipulation that for distribution, they didn't want the ability for people to download it, but any sort of streaming where you just hit "play" was ok. this caught me off guard, as i've never had an artist split hairs like this before. i would've liked to clarify things a bit more, but this info being relayed to me secondhand via text was the best i could do. i also wasn't quite sure if this was the woman running the merch table telling me this, or the tour manager, or the artist himself. has anyone encountered this request before and how did you handle it? since i did video, i'm guessing putting the video on youtube would be ok since youtube doesn't provide any official way to download files (there are supposedly 3rd party sites that do so but i'm going to pretend i'm not aware of that). and as far as audio only, archive.org provides streaming AND download capabilities that go hand-in-hand, but i'm not sure if there's a way to pick streaming only and no downloads? unfortunately i don't own my own website/blog, as that would be one way to deal with it.