Re: Dylans opinion on bootlegs

>Debra Lind wrote:
On further thought, the question is, are the people that walk out of a
concert with a recording as guilty as the person that walks out of a
studio with outtakes. Since they are both done without permission I
think the answer has to be, yes.
  We can massage our conscience all we want by saying is is done for
the love of the music and with no thought for padding our wallets but
technically it is the same.
>Beppe wrote:
Spot on, Debra!
*Technically* it is, *morally* (what counts) it is not. If it were, are
you telling me you would be able to be a shoplifter with no second
thoughts?
(as I suppose you have surely downloaded music and/or possess bootlegs)
Is it a *no* I hear?
So it is NOT the same.
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I do have a few "audience recordings".
For me it comes down to respecting the wishes of the artist which is
opposed to what _I _want_.  It becomes a question of ethics. If I was
truely ethical by my own standards I would not have any. I don't loose
any sleep over this, but I'm not going to sugar coat it and say that it
is right either.

It's a tough question. You can say, "well, it's not really hurting
anyone", and so forth, but you still come down to the bottom line that
you are going against something that someone you respect and admire, in
this case Bob, has asked not to be done. On the other hand I think it
would be such a shame to have his art lost to history if it was not
recorded. And certainly there are some shows that I really like hearing
more than once.
But, hey, I'm a Gemini, I could debate this with myself forever.... : )