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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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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.