When will ebay stop this f***in' bootleg seller?!?!?!?!

[J0nn0666]

I have been caught as well and nothing was done about it. Like I said, if the band allows it and the venue allows it it is not illegal.

Hmmmmm,i'm not too sure about that mate.the music and lyrics are all copyrighted,and i wouldn't like to try to defend myself in court regarding taping a show.

[Tappy]

While I was filming a show security walked straight past me, looked at me, and kept walking without a word being said. At the end of that show I dropped my camera in front of 2 security and nothing was said.

Once again, if the band and venue allow it it is not illegal to tape a show. Check the taping policy of other bands if you dont believe me. But if I was to sell that show then that would be a different story.

[norbinho]

new entries:

http://www.ebay.at/itm/METALLICA-10-DVD ... 4ab3c5d7a3
http://www.ebay.at/itm/METALLICA-LIVE-6 ... 4ab3c7a2e8
http://www.ebay.at/itm/METALLICA-LIVE-D ... 4ab3c7a460
http://www.ebay.at/itm/METALLICA-LIVE-6 ... 4ab3c87145
http://www.ebay.at/itm/METALLICA-6-DVD- ... 4ab3c977ac

[metmum]

I think ebay goes on the laws of the country of the seller, in the UK selling bootlegs isn't illegal (its a bit of a grey area but ifs it not copyrighted by the band then its ok). Shops sell them all the time, before I got into trading thats where I got all my stuff from. Not sure if the same is ture in Ireland but I know they have similar laws so if that is the case he can sell them on ebay. Might be morally and ethically wrong but not in the eyes of the law.

[norbinho]

I think ebay goes on the laws of the country of the seller, in the UK selling bootlegs isn't illegal (its a bit of a grey area but ifs it not copyrighted by the band then its ok). Shops sell them all the time, before I got into trading thats where I got all my stuff from. Not sure if the same is ture in Ireland but I know they have similar laws so if that is the case he can sell them on ebay. Might be morally and ethically wrong but not in the eyes of the law.

i was thinking about that, jackie, that it would have something to do with the law in certain european countries that this guy never got banned so far...if he would be from austria or germany, i'm pretty sure it would be a lot different.

[no leaf clover]

In The Netherlands we have BREIN which oversees anything that might violage copyright so here it's definitely forbidden.

They even visit record fairs unannounced to see no bootlegs are being sold.

[The Commader]

NYCBC also sell bootlegs

[cfmoran]

I like the idea of what someone said about putting in a script where the the download link isn't visible until they thank the original poster. JamToThis.com does exactly that. Granted, all the person is doing is clicking a "thanks" button. But, it also registers who is downloading and makes it visible to everyone.

[no leaf clover]

That could be an idea.

[newsthet]

It will be good idea if "view source" will also hide the link..