1 → bootcut :
bootleg jeans
2 a product that is illegally made, copied, or sold:
Although Springsteen blocked the album's official distribution, bootlegs inevitably appeared.
3 to illegally make, copy, or sell something:
The movie's screenplay has been widely bootlegged.
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.
