bootlegger

bootleg | American Dictionary

bootleg
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈbutˌleɡ/
made illegally or copied:
Bootleg DVDs are sold on the street.

bootleg

verb[ I/T ]us/ˈbutˌleɡ/-gg-
[ T ]They bootleg software, depriving big companies of income.

bootleg | Business English

bootleg
adjective[ before noun ]
 COMMERCE, E-COMMERCE, LAWuk /ˈbuːtleɡ/us
illegally made, copied, or sold:
A bootleg version of the film was recorded at a private showing.
Instead of buying the album, she downloaded a bootleg copy from the internet.
a bootleg CD/DVD/movie
bootleg
verb[ I or T ]
 COMMERCE, E-COMMERCE, LAWuk /ˈbuːtleɡ/us-gg-
to illegally make, copy, or sell something:
The movie has already been widely bootlegged.

bootlegger

noun[ C ]
In the US, bootleggers face up to three years in prison if they are caught recording a movie in a theater.

bootlegging

noun[ U ]
Almost one in two retailers in the UK claimed bootlegging in alcohol and tobacco had risen.

Examples of bootleg

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This intensification of notions of authenticity means that bootlegging and tape trading may not pose the threat to the official industry that is often assumed.
Through their activities, bootleg collectors and tape traders explicitly contest the commodification of popular music.
This is not to suggest that rap does not have its own forms of authenticity, just not those that give rise to bootlegs.
Once a recording has been made, it will be traded and a few will find their way onto a bootleg.
Collectors generally buy bootlegs from record fairs and mail order outlets.
I now want to explain the sources of the music that is traded and bootlegged.
These outtakes are included on a number of bootleg recordings.
These bootlegs are then sold commercially to a small market of interested people.
The relationship between bootlegging and tape trading is complex and is an extremely important aspect of this area of musical consumption.
When the bootlegging of rock music first began in 1969, the bootleg pioneers were explicitly counter-cultural: their aim was to destroy the record industry.
As these original recordings have been officially released, the resultant collectors' tapes are forms of pirate recording rather than bootlegs.
Tape trading is done because one enjoys music and wants to spread it to others, bootlegging occurs when one wants to make a quick, dishonest, buck.
The difference between bootleg collectors and tape traders is important, not least because, as the above quote illustrates, it is extremely important to the traders themselves.
They should clamp down with more vigour on the illicit selling of bootleg cigarettes in the vicinity of school playgrounds.
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