Editing Bootleg recording (section)

==Official releases==
{{main|List of commercially released bootlegs}}
[[File:Springsteen Jersey Devil.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Bruce Springsteen]] has mixed feelings over bootlegs of his popular live performances.]]
Record companies have described bootlegs as "grey area, live recordings", describing them as "semi-condoned".{{sfn|Shuker|2013|p=106}} Research into bootleg consumers found that they are committed fans of the artist; a study of Bruce Springsteen fans showed 80% felt some bootlegs were essential purchases despite owning every official release.{{sfn|Shuker|2013|p=106}} Springsteen has said he understands why fans buy bootlegs, but dislikes the market due to the lack of quality control and making profit over pleasing fans.{{sfn|Heylin|1994|p=136}} [[Frank Zappa]] hated bootlegs and wished to control his recordings, so he created the ''[[Beat the Boots!]]'' boxed sets, each containing LPs that were direct copies of existing bootlegs. He set up a hotline for fans to report bootlegs and was frustrated that the FBI were not interested in prosecuting. The first set included ''As An Am Zappa'', in which he can be heard complaining about bootleggers releasing new material before he could.{{sfn|Heylin|1994|pp=195,395}}

Throughout their career, the [[Grateful Dead]] were known to tolerate taping of the live shows. There was a demand from fans to hear the improvisations that resulted from each show, and taping appealed to the band's general community ethos.{{sfn|Cummings|2013|p=156}} They were unique among bands in that their live shows tended not to be pressed and packaged as LPs, but remained in tape form to be shared between tapers.{{sfn|Cummings|2013|p=157}} The group were strongly opposed to commercial bootlegging and policed stores that sold them, while the saturation of tapes among fans suppressed any demand for product.{{sfn|Heylin|1994|p=397}} In 1985, the Grateful Dead, after years of tolerance, officially endorsed live taping of their shows, and set up dedicated areas that they believed gave the best sound recording quality.{{sfn|Cummings|2013|p=158}} Other bands, including [[Pearl Jam]], [[Phish]] and the [[Dave Matthews Band]] tolerate taping in a similar manner to the Grateful Dead, provided no profit is involved. Because of the questionable legality of bootlegs, fans have sometimes simply dubbed a bootleg onto tape and freely passed it onto others.{{sfn|Shuker|2013|p=105}}

Many recordings first distributed as bootleg albums were later released officially by the copyright holder. Provided the official release matches the quality of the bootleg, demand for the latter can be suppressed. One of the first rock bootlegs, containing [[John Lennon]]'s performance with the [[Plastic Ono Band]] at the 1969 [[Toronto Rock and Roll Revival]], was released officially as ''[[Live Peace in Toronto 1969]]'' by the end of the year, effectively ending sales of the bootleg.{{sfn|Heylin|1994}} The release of Bob Dylan's 1966 ''[[The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert|Royal Albert Hall]]'' concert on Vol. 4 of his Bootleg Series in 1998 included both the acoustic and electric sets, more than any bootleg had done.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-bootleg-series-vol-4-the-royal-albert-hall-concert-mw0000600853|title=The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4|website=AllMusic|access-date=19 December 2015}}</ref>

In 2002, Dave Matthews Band released ''Busted Stuff'' in response to the Internet-fuelled success of ''[[The Lillywhite Sessions]],'' which they had not intended to release. [[Queen (band)|Queen]] released 100 bootlegs for sale as downloads on their website, with profits going to the [[Mercury Phoenix Trust]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://econsultancy.com/press-releases/496-queen-take-on-the-bootleggers-with-download-of-own|title=Queen take on the Bootleggers with downloads of their own|publisher=EConsultancy|date=11 November 2004|access-date=19 December 2015|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222095337/https://econsultancy.com/press-releases/496-queen-take-on-the-bootleggers-with-download-of-own|url-status=dead}}</ref> Although the recording of concerts by [[King Crimson]] and its guitarist [[Robert Fripp]] is prohibited, Fripp's music&nbsp;company [[Discipline Global Mobile]] (DGM) sells concert recordings as downloads, especially "archival" recordings from the concerts' [[mixing console]]s. With an even greater investment of [[sound engineering]], DGM has released "official bootlegs", which are produced from one or more fan bootlegs.<ref name="Bambarger86" >{{harvtxt|Bambarger|1998|p=86}}: {{cite magazine|title=Fripp&nbsp;label does it his way: Guitarist follows own muse in business, too |last=Bambarger|first=Bradley |magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-AkEAAAAMBAJ&q=Fripp+label+does+it+his+way%3A+Guitarist+follows+own+muse+in+business%2C+too&pg=PA13|volume=110|pages=13 and&nbsp;86|date = 11 July 1998|issue=28}}
</ref> DGM's [[reverse engineering]] of the [[fence (criminal)|distribution-networks]] for bootlegs helped it to make a successful transition to an age of digital distribution, "unique" (in 2009) among music labels.<ref>{{cite news|last=Anonymous|first=Belfast Telegraph|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-20648653.html|title=Jam and the joys of music distribution in today's world|newspaper=Belfast Telegraph|publisher=Independent News and Media PLC|date=18 August 2009|access-date=14 April 2012 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523141855/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-20648653.html|archive-date=23 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the 21st century, artists responded to the demand for recordings of live shows by experimenting with the sale of authorized bootlegs made directly from the soundboard, with a superior quality to an audience recording.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themusic.com/encore/|title=The Encore Series|access-date=21 December 2015|publisher =themusic.com}}</ref> [[Metallica]], Phish and Pearl Jam have regularly distributed instant live bootlegs of their concerts. In 2014, Bruce Springsteen announced he would allow fans to purchase a [[USB stick]] at concerts, which could be used to download a bootleg of the show.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bruce-springsteen-formalizes-plans-for-instant-live-bootlegs-20140117|title=Bruce Springsteen Formalizes Plans for Instant Live Bootlegs|first=Andy|last=Greene|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=17 January 2014|access-date=21 December 2015}}</ref>

According to a 2012 report in ''Rolling Stone'', many artists have now concluded that the volume of bootlegged performances on YouTube in particular is so large that it is counterproductive to enforce it, and they should use it as a marketing tool instead. Music lawyer Josh Grier said that most artists had "kind of conceded to it".<ref name=knopper/> [[Justin Bieber]] has embraced the distribution of video clips via [[Twitter]] to increase his fanbase.<ref name=knopper/>

Australian psychedelic rock band [[King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard]] have a unique approach to bootlegging. An entire section of their official website is devoted to releasing bootlegs of their shows. The band permits the distribution and sale of bootlegs, so long as they are given hard copies on vinyl and CD.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bootlegger |url=https://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/bootlegger |website=King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard |access-date=1 August 2022}}</ref>