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Originally Posted by Holy One
I'm pretty sure the Republic Of Loafdom used to have quite a few TV performances of Meat.
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And we always stayed within the rules which were approved by Meat's official international fanclub .. ie short clips which do not breach copyright; we were always scrupulous about that. The only clips which were longer were a few rare, unreleased ones done with permission .. eg Star Spangled Banner. I did not post the clips, but my understanding was that Vicki was scrupulous in staying within copyright law. That was an agreement we stuck to.
The sites which I have been involved with to support the new album have also stayed strictly within copyright law. Mark has produced some wonderful stuff, all legal.
If others have taken our clips and joined them together (as has happened in the past) that was not our doing and we asked that people should not do that. If others have managed to get hold of material purchased for ROL and used it, that is outside my control.
So ... sorry if you thought you'd "proved" something
.. you haven't. Like Meat, I yam what I yam .. and I stick by what I believe. I do not condone bootleg concert recordings, nor do I believe I have the right to have recordings of every Meat performance. I take photos at concerts, (except during the time when Meat withdrew his permission). I never record at concerts; it's proscribed in law and on the tickets.
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If it wasn't for bootlegs then I would never have heard the fantastic El Mocambo concert amongst other things.
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There are many things I haven't heard because I don't download or buy bootlegs. There are so many, many more wonderful performances which I have heard live or legally. I do not feel the need to "collect" or tick off everything Meat has ever done. That's me, and it's my right to express that view and choice.
Caryl