Originally posted by: Shimraa
dont talk about boot legs they are illegal, you broke the law when you bought them you know.

I've never bought a bootleg. And I double checked the guidelines in the Important Announcements forums, and it doesn't say I can't talk about bootlegs, except "bootlegs of current or recent theatrical releases, screeners, (or) pre-retail/retail DVDs." If you like, I can call them "fan preservation effots," "samizdat reconstructions," or perhaps "personal media-shifted backup copies." But it call comes down to the same thing in the end.

I'm still waiting for the announcement that George Lucas is personally cancelling this fall's DVD product line out of spite for a few tens of thousands of fans. It'll be neat watching all those distributors and retailers who have already placed orders scramble to issue refunds and find something else to fill their shelves. And those dumb t-shirts will become instant collectors' items.

wmgan, pirates steal things off ships and bootleggers manufactured and distributed alcohol during Prohibition.