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Deep cuts: how one Londoner’s fake vinyl empire sheds light on ‘industrial scale’ fraud
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2026
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Almost there, though the vast majority of common digital "piracy" is for personal use, and generates a barely non-zero amount of money for said "pirates". You had it in the first bit, but the second could use some work. You'll get there! 🤘🏼
I think sell bootleg for price of blank cd + electricity is ok. Imagine you on countryside with no internet. How you pirate?
Sure as long as everyone involved knows that is what is going on.
Yeah this was counterfeiting, not piracy. People thought hey we’re getting collectibles, not just media.
Wait these supposed be collectible? No fuck that.
There's been an entire subculture dedicated to sharing recordings of live performances (on tape, originally) at the highest standard possible —all for free, and word of mouth only.
Its been a thing since at least the 80s, IIRC, and not only does no one hear of it from mass media outlets, but its collective impact on any/all related industries is negligible at best.
Gee, I wonder how a disjointed, disparate, and altogether disorganized "group" of pirates can be accused of moving that profit needle in the red simply by blocking ads, etc when this intrepid bunch of audiophiles've been doing much more, and passionately, for over 30 years...
"You wouldn't download a—" stfu, everyone would.
I think the people you're talking to are not interested in getting the artists' permission.
I was thinking more about the cd producer and purchaser. If the purchaser knows they are getting bootlegs it's just plain old copyright infringement, if not it's counterfeiting.
And why wouldn't the artist who made the thing not be included in, "everyone involved" that needs to know?
Is the original architect involved when you sell your house? Everyone involved in that specific transaction knows what is being traded, stop acting dense.
"Pirating" for your own use is far more economical than making/burning copies for others, and the latter is far easier to prosecute, for several reasons.
No need to burn, etc., just don't forget to seed >1.0 🙇🏼♂️