Bootleg Files reviews THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (1903)

Post by **silentfilm** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:32 am

I guess he considers everything a bootleg that is not from the original camera negative or the original studio.

http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?sec ... es&Id=2287

Post by **Mike Gebert** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:35 am

I think he knows perfectly well what a bootleg is and knows that calling something a bootleg gets more readers than calling it "classic" or "old."

Richard M Roberts · Post by **Richard M Roberts** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:42 pm

Mike Gebert wrote:I think he knows perfectly well what a bootleg is and knows that calling something a bootleg gets more readers than calling it "classic" or "old."

Yep, Phil Hall comes off basically tragically hip wanna-be and not particularly bright. I see he's also praising TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE. I waste no more time on this.

RICHARD M ROBERTS

Darren Nemeth · Post by **Darren Nemeth** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:56 am

Mike Gebert wrote:I think he knows perfectly well what a bootleg is and knows that calling something a bootleg gets more readers than calling it "classic" or "old."

I'd call that person's film section "dubbs", not "bootlegs."

In my view regarding media a "bootleg" is made when someone releases something not intended to public consumption. Like film outtakes transfered to DVD or Beatles "Let It Be" audio sessions to CD and sold on the market or traded among collectors.

A film pirate, or pirated film, is when something copyrighted is copied and is made available without the copyright owner's consent. Example are videos shot off of multiplex screens.

I bet calling these films "bootlegs" the guy gets a lot of email and good promotion for his site.