it's called "bootlegging"....not "24 track Mobile Fidelity recording".....
get it out there.
It's NOT called bootlegging around here
again, are you confusing "pirated" with "bootlegged"?
live shows *are* called 'bootlegs', and have been going back way past the early 60's. they contain no *official studio* content (read: licensed), and are recorded by the fans, for the fans. as long as it's not sold, it ain't no big deal.
any stealth recording sans artist permission, it's called the same thing. (read: "distribution" falls under the same parameters as 'sale' and 'production')
get off of your low horse already:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootleg_recordingA bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging. Recordings may be simply copied and traded among fans of the artist without financial exchange, but some bootleggers have sold recordings for profit, sometimes by adding professional-quality sound engineering and packaging to the raw material.
Bootlegs can consist of recordings of live performances or material created in private or professional recording sessions. Changing technologies have had a great impact on the recording, distribution, and varying profitability of the underground industry. The copyrights for the song and the right to authorize recordings often reside with the artist, according to several international copyright treaties. The recording, trading and sale of bootlegs continues to thrive, however, even as artists and record companies attempt to provide "authorized" alternatives to satisfy the demand. The internet has become a popular medium to distribute bootleg material.
The word "bootleg" originates from the practice of smuggling illicit items in the legs of tall boots, particularly the smuggling of alcohol during the American Prohibition era. The word, over time, has come to refer to any illegal or illicit product. This term has become an umbrella term for illicit, unofficial, or unlicensed recordings, including vinyl LPs, bootleg silver CDs, or any other commercially sold bootlegged media or material.[1] The alternate terms ROIO or RoIO, an acronym meaning "Recording of Indeterminate Origin", or "Recording of Independent Origin", and VOIO or VoIO, an acronym meaning "Video of Indeterminate Origin", or "Video of Independent Origin", arose among Pink Floyd collectors, to clarify the recording source and copyright status was hard to determine.[2]
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Bootlegs should not be confused with counterfeit or pirated recordings, which are merely unauthorised duplicates of officially released recordings, often attempting to resemble the official product as close as possible. Some record companies have considered that any record issued outside of their control, and for which they do not receive payment, to be a counterfeit, which includes bootlegs. However, some bootleggers are keen to stress that the markets for bootleg and counterfeit recordings are different, and a typical consumer for a bootleg will have bought most or all of that artist's official releases anyway.[4]
bottom line: if the simpleton definition from dictionary.com is what helps you sleep at night, then roll with that one. I'm going to go with the ***actual*** definition of the termwith love,
furby