bootleggers

i have some boot legs in my collection but i always but there original stuff aswell(normallely2 copys of each album 1 to play 1 to keep as new) so they make plenty of money out of me

Why not just buy a copy of the album, back it up and just play from that copy. You can legally do that.

too much money on hand

copyright theft is theft wether the band actually loses any real revenue from it or not.

i didnt have a pc till last xmas, so i couldnt do that but you cant beat playing the original, i have back ups for the car for when the cd player jumps on the odd acasion , it messers the cds up and makes them stick
my richie(stanger in this town) one did i had to get a new one as it sticks on rosie my fav track

you can make back up so long as you have the original and only use them for private use (not selling them) some bloke got out of dvd pricy by saying that

buying a dvd or software and making a personal copy for safety is legal.

recording a bootleg isn't and neither is copying it even if it is for personal use.

i will distroy them all then right away

i dont tend to buy them to often as they are normally rubish copys of things the only bootlegs i have are the two concerts iv bin to on cd im not getting rid of them

so have you ever put a cd on to tape or record on to tape / cd before cds or recorded anything of tv i think every ones guilty of breaking some form of copyright

putting a cd i've bought onto a tape or a copy to listen into the car isn't in breach of copyright.

I don't have a problem getting copied dvd's or software because the only people losin gmoney is the studio themselves.

doing it with music is taking money out of the artist, the performers and everyone involved in the production's pockets, you're talking pennies at a time but a coupla million people across the world = alot of pennies not being rightfully paid to the people.

Selling copies of official releases I believe is wrong, not just because it's illegal, but for the reasons you said. Trading copies of bootlegs I don't see as wrong, although selling bootlegs I believe is wrong.