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Is there anything you think someone should know before getting into bootleg trading? Any major do's or don'ts?

Oh, for sure.

DO:

Make a list of what you have on a document, text file, spreadsheet, website, Encora, or elsewhere. Sending screenshots of your file folders is a definite sign of a new trader, and is just hard to search.

Put down specific cast members, dates, and locations. Again, describing a bootleg as “Be More Chill OBC” or the like is a big newbie flag, plus can be very confusing if there are multiple bootlegs of that cast/show.

Send your list and as much information in your first email. There’s nothing more redundant than sending a one-sentence email going, “Hi do u wanna trade”.

List file formats, especially for videos. Traders definitely want to know if they’re getting VOBs, MP4s, etc.

Research the trader you are contacting - what they have a lot of and what they lack is really helpful for determining how interested they might be in your list. Don’t be like the person who said, “Hi I want your Phantom video and I can trade you a cast recording of 42nd Street” despite me having absolutely nothing of that show.

Look around in places where traders congregate. Musical Exchange, Yahoo boards, Discord, Encora, these are all good places to find traders, talk to them, see what’s out there.

Tell traders if you cannot use certain, common file-sharing sites, like MEGA or MediaFire, and if possible, try to find out why you can’t and workarounds for that.

Download your stuff and back it up, if possible, or at least keep it in a separate hard drive or re-upload it elsewhere, and log in regularly to check that nothing’s been taken down.

Learn to Google shows, bootlegs, and trader sites, so you can search for things on your own.

Be aware of general trader etiquette. Read their rules. Send your links first if you initiated. Make sure each side is getting an equal number of items from one another. Refrain from emailing if they say they are closed or only open for wants, and you don’t have any of theirs.

Build friendships and trading partnerships with each other! After a while you’ll find people who share the same interests in shows. Take some time to be generous and send them something you found that they didn’t, and they will do the same for you.

Be polite and understanding!

DON’T:

Lie about what items you have.

Continuously demand gifts from every trader you encounter.

Post full bootlegs publicly to YouTube.

Tag actors in bootlegs of themselves.

Use YouTube links or downloads from YouTube for trading.

Sell, gift, or trade things before their NFT date.

Send multiple emails to a trader in one day. Traders have lives too. Especially don’t send multiple emails in one hour.

Create a sockpuppet email just to ask for something that a trader refused to give you under a different email.

Throw a tantrum because a trader did not give something to you and threaten to report them to authorities.

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Pretty sure they just go to Broadway HD to watch proshots. Like they do exist. And some theatres are selling tickets for streamed stuff and alot of theatres are showing thier stuff online, even free. And what happened to all the bootleg people who begged for proshots and opportunities theyd pay for? Its literally happening for the last few months.

ohoho i wanna see where those “bootlegs are bad for business” people go now that Broadway is closed until 2021 and they have no other choice

#Whis watching boots with all proshot stuff online right now?

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Here’s some fun facts about one of my favorite stories being told in Hamilton: this is Ariana Debose, who plays a special role within the ensemble known as The Bullet. She’s killed for suspected espionage right after You’ll Be Back, and is the first one to die (not counting Hamilton’s mother or cousin who hangs himself). After this moment, she becomes an omen of death. At the beginning of Stay Alive, she carries a shot that narrowly avoids hitting Hamilton. In Yorktown, she helps Laurens kill a redcoat, shakes his hand, then Laurens is the next to die. In I Know Him, she’s the one bringing the message to King George about John Adams and symbolically heralding the impending doom of Hamilton’s political career. During Blow Us All Away, she’s the one who tells Phillip where to find George Eacker, (and flirts with him! Phillip is literally flirting with death!) then Phillip is the next to die. In Your Obedient Servent, she brings the desk on stage and hands Burr the quill to write the first of several letters that will eventually lead to Alexander Hamilton’s death. During the final duel, she again catches a bullet (fired by Burr), and if you watch her, she gets closer and closer to hitting Hamilton while he’s doing his soliloquy until Eliza pops onto stage. At this point, The Bullet is stopped by other members of the ensemble, the time freeze is abandoned, and we all know what happens‬ next. (soure: JC Payne)

#Hamilton

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We won't bootleg if you give us a proshot! We swear.

Oh hey a proshot! I'm gonna grab this illegally and share it! Proshot bootleg!!! EVERYBODY HAS TO SEE IT!

Oh my God, this proshot was the best! WHO HAS EVERY BOOTLEG FOR THIS SHOW! I NEEEEEEEED IT!!!!!

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#Why bother to pretend or make excuses about how you won't bootleg it or are going to pay??? #Like we all know you ain't stopping doing any of this #Yeah I do the same but at least I'm honest about it ironically

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Can people stop trying to profit off of NFT videos

Not only are people selling videos for absurd prices before NFT date, but now they’re putting ads on their YouTube uploads.

I hate all leakers I hope you guys are happy with yourselves :-)

#So exhausting

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I'd Man looking at all the leaks on YouTube, did any of the NFT boots not leak? Lord, we deserve to have masters leaving.

#Man being a master ain't worth this grief

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That's a bootleg yall. A fan composed bootleg, but still a boot.

Nothing to see here just reminding y'all that THE ENTIRE WICKED BRAZIL PROSHOT IS ON YOUTUBE

#LOL

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Private collection. They dont sell, trade or share. You won't see more then whatever clips they post. They only film for thier own personal use. Like. Most. People.

Dude is this a bootleg if it is help me fine it

#Be respectful of the literal source

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NEW VIDEO MASTER

Waitress | West End | March 7, 2020 | bwaybohemian's master

NFT SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

3.4GB in 1 MP4 file/2:11:40

CAST: Sara Bareilles (Jenna Hunterson), Marisha Wallace (Becky), Evelyn Hoskins (Dawn), Gavin Creel (Dr. Pomatter), Joel Montague (Ogie), Tamlyn Henderson (Earl), Andrew Boyer (Old Joe), Richard Taylor Woods (Cal), Rosemary Nkrumah (Nurse Norma/Ensemble), Lucia De Wan (Lulu), Monique Ashe Palmer (Ensemble), Piers Bate (Ensemble), Olivia Moore (Ensemble), Ben Morris (Ensemble), Nathaniel Morisson (Ensemble), Laura Selwood (Ensemble)

SCREENCAPS: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmLTy6BY

NOTES: This was very last minute and filmed on an iPhone 8. Act 1: slightly obstructed by one head but worked around the best I could. Act 2: no obstructions, a blackout during SUTBM. Marisha Wallace's last matinee.

Price: $8

Contact me here or email [email protected]

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Wow

Moulin Rouge! The Musical | Broadway | February 26, 2020 | Dylan Paul (u/s Christian)

#Audio Gift #Moulin Rouge

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​Hey Queendom!

There’s a photo of Britt Mack’s new costume reveal circulating the internet, and the only place a person could have initially gotten this picture would have been from a Flickr album labeled “Do Not Post/Share.” Now, I think it’s pretty clear that the cast and creatives at Six want this costume change TO BE A SURPRISE. It’s an amazing moment that had me unable to breathe and I can’t stop thinking about it. So why is it all over stan twitter?

We’ve run a bunch of video masters out of the business recently, and pretty much all of them have emailed me being like “People are never going to listen. If you don’t want something leaked you can’t release it at all.” AND THAT SUCKS. Because I really am SO PRIVILEGED to live in New York and to have access to these shows, and I want to be able to share them with people.

I don’t ask you to not share my screenshots because I’m a mean and selfish person and I don’t want anyone to see them. If that was the case I wouldn’t post them in the first place! The reason why I don’t want my screenshots and clips to circulate on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and who knows where else is because it makes it easier for the cast and producers to SEE, and that’s going to limit my ability to take more videos in the future. And I PLAN TO take more videos in the future. So please, if you want to play Six video swingo with me, take down the screenshots, stop spreading false information, and encourage your friends to do the same.

That’s all. I’ll see y’all at the Brooks Atkinson, which I am officially claiming as my new address.

StarCuffedJeans

#Yay more drama

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This boot hasn't even been released yet. Why would you be like this and risk it never getting released? Lord.

hey kids, this is why no one films bootlegs for you anymore!

#Opening up her list to people was a mistake I think

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Katherine Steele on YouTube has discussed this on YouTube. Check her out.

Had a really interesting conversation in one of my theater classes today about some the reasons why shows aren’t filmed professionally except for the archives and why the archives can only be viewed once per person. 

I’d love for someone to expand on this if they can, but from my understanding, it has to do with the way Equity actors get paid vs. how SAG actors get paid, which gets complicated with the cross-medium of professionally filmed shows. Equity performers are paid for each time their performance is seen (legally, not through bootlegs), so theoretically its per performance that they participate in. When a show is professionally recorded, the actors get paid a little extra for that particular performance since it will be distributed in some way. But usually, it just goes to the archives in New York. When you view a performance through the archives, you can only view it ONCE and you MUST be physically present (so, you can’t just search the archives/library website and stream it). This is in part because the actors aren’t getting paid for each time it is being viewed. Or… really at all, except for when it was filmed. So, essentially, instead of paying the actors more, they just stop us from watching their performances over and over again. (Which, there are a lot of reasons for that, which I don’t really know because I don’t know who pays the actors/cost of production and all of that).

If anyone has any more information about this, please let me know/reblog this. I didn’t know any of this until my class today, so I think it’s worth spreading. ALSO. There are deliberations and negotiations going on behind the scenes to change some of this, according to my professor, to make things more accessible. A small start, but a start nonetheless.

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let me clarify since some of y'all seem to he confused tonight:

bootlegs are a great resource to make theater more accessible, among other things. but that shouldn't be to the detriment of the people who are in that theater, be it the audience or the cast or otherwise. if you're disrupting their experience, you're doing it wrong. be smart, be discreet, be "respectful" (you know what i mean), or don't do it.

there's no excuse for someone holding up a damn phone during a show. that's not bootlegging, that's being an obnoxious audience member, no matter WHO you are. there. is. a. difference.

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I've never seen a bootleg of this show. Most bootlegs out there are filmed by a tiny few who sell them to buyers and traders. And most people whipping out there phones to film, film for thier own personal use, so you dont see them out in the internet. IF theres a boot out there on the internet, you might find it on YouTube. But in the bootleg community I havent seen a boot for a this show. Children's shows generally dont get boots. Most boots are Broadway or tours for Broadway shows. But good luck.

Theater bootleg folks I have a request!

A friend of mine was the lead in the "Twas the Night Before Christmas" US Tour that just wrapped up and I was wondering if someone could help me find a bootleg of the show! She said so many people filmed so it must be somewhere. I didnt get a chance to see her and I really want to.

Normally I don't condone bootlegs but since it's a children's theater show parents are always going to be on their phones.

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This is oldish news but apparently the video Bootleg master in Singapore got one of her postings found (snitched on?) by the theater she was filming at. So she had to quit. So yeah that's not good.

#Broadway bootlegs #Bootlegs

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Every proshot right now.

Not to keep talking about this but so many people are like “when there’s a recorded version of the Broadway show I’ll buy it!” but in reality only one person will buy it and upload it to Tumblr/YouTube/etc and everyone will watch it/download it through that and the production will have lost a shit ton of money after all