[mb-users] Bootleg DiscIDs

[Chris Bransden]

On 19/10/06, Kerensky97 <kerensky97 at xterra101.com> wrote:
>
> It's just a problem of how we use the term here at MusicBrainz, the exact
> dictionary definition of bootleg is illegal copy or recording and that's how
> I saw all bootlegs before I came here.  Now I notice that there are a few
> legal "bootlegs" and MB still refers to them as bootlegs.  Before I came
> here I would have thought of those legal bootlegs as promotional releases,
> rare releases, fan-club releases, or radio releases; now that I've been
> influenced by MB I tend to group them all as bootlegs.  So I can defitanely
> understand why people can confuse what the MB bootlegs mean.
>
> Perhaps we should chalk it up as BadTerminology and make an update our wiki
> description of Bootleg to say that it encompasses both illegal bootlegs and
> legally sanctioned bootlegs [b]regardless[/b] of what the dictionary or
> outside world defines bootleg as.  As it currently stands the MB wiki still
> doesn't point out that bootlegs here can include legal releases, further
> adding confusion.
>
> -Dustin (Kerensky97)

so all "live official" releases become "live bootleg"? it's always
been legal = official (or promo), illegal = bootleg. i can't think of
any exceptions - can anyone give any?

ps if a 'bootleg' is later properly released (eg
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-Maxs-Kansas-City-Remastered/dp/B0002BK9GW
), then it becomes official. it is only a bootleg when it doesn't have
the proper legal backing.