I think it's only fair to warn everybody who's posting links to Youtube videos and recordings that there are low-lifes that are selling those recordings on eBay. It sort of makes the tapers/videographers unpaid accessories to piracy. It's a shame, since some of the Stones' best fans share their excitement by freely giving others copies of their pictures and recordings in forums like this one.
This is why I'm afraid to share any of my recordings or videos with anybody any more. Once they get into circulation, it's only a matter of time before some scumbag downloads it and starts selling cruddy CD-Rs/DVD-Rs on eBay.
Here's an example of just one seller who appears to sell only CD-R and DVD-R copies of concerts and other boots. Most have amateurish or even juvenile artwork displayed. Some may even be pirated copies of official releases -- I don't know how 'official' the release was on one listing I saw, but it had what appeared to be a Russian copyright notice on the artwork for the jewel case. This seller's been at it for a while, though:
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I haven't seen any text descriptions, other than a poorly-worded graphic included with some of the titles, which says:
"You are bidding on a CDR that is an
excellent sounding, audienced sourced
recording. Included in purchase will
the pictured disc without jewel case.
Cover and tray artwork will emailed to
winning bidder."
Here are some short auctions for Stones boots just from the Zip Code tour (he has many other Stones titles and many other artists). Once a round of auctions closes, he starts the next round.
San DiegoMinneapolisAtlantaOrlandoNashvillePittsburghHe's not the only seller doing this on eBay. You don't have to look far to find many, many others doing basically the same thing. On any listing, if you look closely, you can find a little "Report this item" link under the seller's info box (if it will do any good).
Ebay has become the sewer of capitalism, offering a safe-haven for the fencing of stolen and shoplifted merchandise, pirated music and movies and new forms of wire fraud that are so new, we still have to invent names for them. It amazes me how quickly ticket scalping went mainstream. I guess all forms of piracy and shoplifting won't be far behind.