As I have been referred to ..
1 I am not part of any committee
2 Yes, I have expressed my view that I am against bootleg videos for a number of reasons:
* They are illegal, whatever anyone likes to think
* They are usually of dubious quality and don't do Meat and his performance justice. He is more than a voice.
* As Warrio said, it's against Meat's wishes. It's his performance and imo he's entitled to make the decision as to whether or not his performances are recorded and published.
* Imo he's entitled to remove any illegal recordings he wishes.
It's an issue on its last legs now anyway. Meat is no longer going to tour the big arenas, and Planet Hollywood demonstrated that it's perfectly possible to prevent illegal recording in smaller theatres.
We don't even get photos now either, which I do think is a shame. I wonder if it were not for the ease with which people can illicitly record nowadays, despite being asked repeatedly not to, even so instructed very clearly before every Last at Bat show, we might otherwise have been able to take photos .. something also illegal without the artist's intervention, but which Meat has always (with the exception of a relatively short period) allowed. Perhaps, perhaps not. We may never know.
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Originally Posted by stretch37
says the guy who has a channel dedicated to his live performances  |
Rather unfair. Warrio only now posts videos for which Meat has given his permission.