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soquester... I think you're right; and as copyrighted material, Everyday Jones shouldn't be hosting the download.

I fully agree that legitimate copyrighted material shouldn't be distributed in any other fashion than through legitimate legal channels. Based upon what I know of commercially available Live-Aid content and taking the uploader at "his word", unless the source recordings are some sort of nefariously acquired master recordings, the issue is murky, at best.

I haven't been able to find the actual article I read some time back (I'll continue to search) but a US judge recently ruled that a commercial bootleg-distributor was not in violation of the artists rights because in that particular jurisdiction, since he was selling his own recordings of a live performance, he was the legitimate owner of the live material. Yes, the artists owned the rights to their music, but the individual that recorded it owned the rights to that presentation of their music. I believe the ruling also hinged upon the fact that the artist in question had not recorded the shows in question, and was therefore not suffering any financial loss due to competetive distribution.

But like I said, murky, at best.

I've been following the Everyday Jones site for a couple of months now and it seems like Jason is a pretty straight-up guy (and a musician himself) and would gladly take down any objectionable material if he had even the vaguest reason to question its legality.