Okay, I'm just going to sum it all up.

[aruan]

My only issue was that Bruce was selling the clips for a profit. If he'd made them available at cost, I wouldn't have cared if he'd asked to use them or not. Heck, I'd make the CDs myself if someone asked. I'm glad people have kept my name attached simply because it means people have been getting back to my journal to say how much they're loving them. But I don't care if they don't, so long as they're out there sharing them.

However, Bruce's calling me "greedy" for not sharing the clips extensively enough on my own and objecting to his solution of turning around and charging people for them? Fuck that. Obviously, the solution here is that I need my own webspace to make it more available, which don't think I'm not looking into doing right now. I've bought from him before, yes (for the record, all TV appearances and nothing commercially available), and most of his stuff really is doing a service to fandom - all the rare appearances and such that won't be reaired all in one place and fairly reasonably priced, even when he's not having a sale.

Whatever, man. Anyone who wants it, and I say this with any media I mention, need only hit me up one way or the other and I'll get it to you some way.

Comments

[fucking-jc.livejournal.com]

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What. An ass. I'm sorry hon, I know you worked so hard trying to make them available to everyone. We all appreciate it! That guy's a money-hungry bastard =/

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

Dude, I just stood there in a sublime stupor for two nights, came to my senses the third, took a big risk and got lucky. The rest was done by Schiz. We just loved it a lot and as far as I'm concerned, the clips belong to the fandom, no strings (pardon the pun). But thanks for letting us know you liked them. :)

[fucking-jc.livejournal.com]

The whole thing just worries me because personally, I believe audio taping is fine, because it kind of preserves the experience of a live show, seeing as how it can change a bit night-to-night. But when some guy tries to make more than a shiny penny off of it, it brings negative attention to... the craft I guess you could call it. TV appearances are one thing, ya know? Plus I am not down with his whole blaming you thing. You and others have done nothing but share the files as best they could.

[/end rant] lol.

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

Trading of bootlegs within the fandom is a time-honored tradition. But when someone is looking to profit from it, unless he's doing mass production with the authorization of the person who recorded the audio/video in a way that takes up his/her time and resources enough for compensation, that's something else. Bruce was trying to appropriate something meant for the public domain, one, and two, stood to make a gross profit from it.

Thanks for understanding, and I think between all the people who uploaded/file transferred/otherwise distributed the clips, they really did get around. I wouldn't say all that many people who order from Bruce don't also have downloading access to the clips. And like I said to him, use them all if you're going to do it at cost. *sigh* It's done though. Sad that it had to get ugly and messy, but so it goes.