HW: Taping Policy Nonsense

[SHLL (Scott Heller)]

Well, it has taken me an hour or so to read all the posts about this and it
all seems quite pointless in the end.


1. Dave, must realize that he can not stop people from recording the
concerts unless he pays for metal detectors that everyone must walk through
to get into the concert (I have seen this a some clubs in the US), then it
is impossible to sneak a decent recorder in.

2. The quality of recordings that do get out will be of lesser quality and
of more value to the people who want to hear the music, since perhaps fewer
recordings will surface.

3. You will ultimately create a bootleg market for your music and do exactly
the opposite of what you want to achieve.

4. The only way I can see the band making a success out of this is that they
record all the concerts themselves and release them all themselves. This
way, everyone wins. Pearl Jam for instance makes all their concerts
available to the fans, as does Gas Giant, the band I play synthesizer in as
a guest.

5. In the end, tape trading is a proven method to bring in more fans.
Porcupine Tree has a reputation of being very anti-taping but I think that
even they have realized that you can't stop it and in the end it gives you a
larger fan base.

Just my 2 cents.....

scott

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