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Topic: Unofficial Release

17th Jan 2018, 8:26 PM
	gregs45s SUBS Member since Apr 2012 7614 Points	I have suggested we add "Unofficial Release" in the past,but i wonder if that would now be wise,as the definition of a "Bootleg" has perhaps changed over time. Back in the day it was generally only used for illegal tape recordings/then to vinyl of just live concerts,not studio recorded stuff (in the main),whereas nowadays,especially with countries like Russia and China who are are issuing straight copies of studio albums/live DVD's (as well as live audio recordings) by the thousands,without the artists/record companies consent i would imagine,and so would they be better tagged as "Unofficial Releases",as i assume that although illegal here (Western-world) perhaps,they would possibly be the norm when bought in Russia/China,(i.e semi-official/the norm when purchased in those countries?) but it's going to be a fair job to go through all the bootlegs already on the system and decide which was a bootleg (i.e a live recording to vinyl/tape,and which was an unofficial release,in the sense of a straight studio album copy not sanctioned,so maybe it's better to use the "umbrella" "Bootleg" using it to put anything not okayed by the record companies?

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