[mb-users] Bootlegs

[Joan Whittaker]

I still like CD's and still do burn them.  However, I agree with you Aaron, 
they should be entered as just one item with a complete tracklisting.

Joan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Cooper" <cooperaa at gmail.com>
To: "General discussions about MusicBrainz" 
<musicbrainz-users at lists.musicbrainz.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [mb-users] Bootlegs


> On 4/19/07, Joan Whittaker <joan at whittaker1966.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Nowadays most bootlegs are not traded or bought - they are downloaded 
>> from
>> one of the many torrent sites, such as DimeADozen or Traders Den.
>>
>>
>>
>> The uploader either enters all his tracks in one continuous stream or 
>> breaks
>> it down into 2 or 3 CD's.  However, this does not oblige the downloader 
>> to
>> keep to this format.  He/she can burn to however many CD's they wish.
>>
>> This raises the possibility of multiple entries into the MB database, 
>> based
>> solely upon the number of CD's a particular gig has been burned to.
>>
>> If the tracklisting is the same, the venue the same and the date the 
>> same,
>> then should it be first entered takes the edit or should we maybe go to
>> Bootleg Archive or maybe the website covering a particular artists 
>> bootlegs
>> to obtain definitive information.  I personally would prefer the latter, 
>> but
>> would welcome comments from other users.
>
>
> Because people can burn them to CDs with any number of tracks per disc
> (who actually burns them these days??) I think we should just put the
> entire setlist in one MB release and leave it at that.
>
> -Aaron
>
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