Current jurisdiction in Germany (that's where the site's hosted) is that forum owners can be made liable for any content that is considered to be illegal that they are aware of. Therefore, once we get knowledge of "questionable content", we remove it, if necessary. Otherwise, we could easily be the target of cease-and-desist letters which usually come along with fees and fines. This actually did happen to another Meat Loaf fansite which was hosted in Germany. Btw, Forum owner includes not only the site operators but also "Admins" and "Moderators".
Youtube & Co. have TOS (Terms Of Service) that do not allow the uploading and sharing of material without the copyright owners agreement. Therefore, everything that is available on Youtube & Co. has to be copyright free (or posted in agreement with the copyright owner). Hence, we do allow the Youtube stuff to a certain extent.
To answer the inital question:
Yes, you can talk about bootlegs - no problem - as long it's just talking about the bootlegged show and nothing more (as in download links, trading lists, samples, ...). But as soon as the begging and asking starts (and it will, trust me), these threads will get locked and/or (partially) deleted.
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