Paul Andersen ([email protected])
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 13:05:51 -0700
>I do not intend here to defend Chris and his actions, although I do
>full-heartedly appreciate the fact that he did record all of the shows
>onto video that he did. Rather, I just found it interesting to hear the
>latest on what U2 actually did think of all of this bootlegging and
>profiting talk that is so pervasive on this list. I had always believed
>that McGuiness and U2 were cool with audience recordings as long as no
>one was "ripping anyone off". Nico, do you know whom within U2 actually
>expressed this frustration? How reliable is this record store guy?
>Does he too sell Chris' vids in his store? (J/k!) Or, does this come
>more from perhaps, say, Polygram Records, who seem to be the ones most
>upset at the bootleg industry?
I think its safe to say that Geraldo was "ripping people off" AND profiting
from his CD sales. While I know quite a few people who have purchased CD's
from him, I was always annoyed that he was doing this. I guess I come from
the old school of "tape traders" pre-DAT and CD. So perhaps my views are
skewed, but the fact is if you are taping a show without the band's
permission and then turning around and selling copies of the show (for
upwards of $40-50), then you are in serious violation of the law and you are
ripping people off.
Again, the relevant quote here (taken from the FLOM site):
"The only thing that can piss you off is if people are charging a lot of
money for something that isn't very good." -- Bono
Having heard some of Geraldo's boots and seen some of NukeNoodls' videos, in
my opinion they were charging a lot of money for something that wasn't very
good.
Paul
It [the Achtung Baby working tapes] got bootlegged in Berlin and it was
just like having your notebook read out. That's the bit I didn't like about
it. There were no undiscovered works of genius, unfortunately, it was more
just gobbledy-gook..."
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