BOOTLEG

bootleg,vb. Copyright. To make, distribute, or traffic in unauthorized sound recordings or music videos of live, broadcast, or recorded performances that have not been commercially released by the copyright owner. • The term strictly applies only to unauthorized copies of commercially unreleased performances.Dowling v. United States, 473 U.S. 207, 209 n.2, 105 S.Ct.

3127, 3129 n.2 (1985) (Blackmun, J.). Cf. PIRACY(3). — bootleg, bootlegged,adj.[Blacks Law 8th]