3..2..1 Moke posts a comment suggesting you delete the info above after a day or two!
I guess this level of detail regarding stealth isn't cool here, huh? Next time I'll PM the person.
However, just a question, but I'm curious why this forum doesn't argue for tapers rights? I don't necessarily know the details of the laws, and I'm sure it's been discussed before so let me know if there's a FAQ addressing this issue, but isn't banning discussions of stealth recording kinda admitting defeat when it comes to the issue of live taping?
Maybe I've been in the dark, but I've never heard or read anywhere where grabbing a live recording at a concert has been proven to violate any copyright laws until a material loss or damange is established on the part of the copyright owner. To my knowledge that's NEVER happened in any court in any country. I thought that the reason we didn't openly tape bands that don't allow taping is simply out of respect for their wishes, but not as a legal requirement.
Conversely, from a practical perspective, I assumed that people stealth recorded simply to avoid the potential for being hassled since the above seems to be such a misunderstood concept? Like I said in the earlier email, I'd rather have my equipment safe, than argue with a gorilla and try to teach him about my rights.
Course, if I'm wrong, I'll be the first to admit it and shut up, but if not, then I'd like my rights as a consumer and a taper to be supported by someone out there. If that someone is not taperssection, then that's fine...but it sure seems like this forum would be a great place for tapers rights to be brought forward.
In the end though, I don't want to jeopardize any taperssection members' good standing with bands though with this attitude. I just wish we had a voice somewhere, someplace!!!