#bootlegging — Public Fediverse posts
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For years, Mike Millard captured gigs in secrecy, from Pink Floyd to Led Zeppelin. Now his covert recordings are available to listen to https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/pink-floyd-mike-millard-rock-concerts/ #music #bootlegging #copyright #performances
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#OTD (Jan 25) in 1933, #Boston area police suspect that former #bootlegging partners were behind the murder of underworld leader Charles #Solomon.
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#OTD (Nov 20) in 1920, Joseph #DiGiovanni of #KansasCity pleads guilty to #bootlegging and is fined $500 plus court costs.
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#OTD (Nov 09) in 1938, interviewed by #FBI, Abner #Zwillman describes the #Prohibition Era operations of #bootlegging gangs in the #NewYork area.
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#OTD (Oct 23) in 1933, Angelo #Guardalabene of #Milwaukee and 21 others are indicted for #bootlegging conspiracy.
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#OTD (Oct 18) in 1928, the Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal of a #bootlegging conviction from #Detroit gangster Chester #Lamare.
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#OTD (Oct 16) in 1920, #Prohibition agents seize $30,000 worth of whiskey during the raid of a #bootlegging business on Elizabeth Street in #Manhattan.
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#OTD (Oct 15) in 1931, in #KansasCity, Frank #DeMayo and three codefendants plead guilty to #bootlegging conspiracy.
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#OTD (Oct 10) in 1927, Raymond L.S. #Patriarca is arrested at #WorcesterMA for #bootlegging.
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Blue Murder at 30: how the miniseries transfixed Australia – and inspired death threats and bootlegs
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/sep/02/blue-murder-australia-tv-show-miniseries-30-years
Smith’s court proceedings meant the show was banned in NSW for six years, resulting in a demand for bootleg VHS tapes.
Bastoni: The bootleg was sold in pubs all over Sydney as a two-pack VHS for about $400. Everyone wanted to see it.
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In 1971 Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant was asked how he dealt with bootleggers
"They're not gonna get anybody heavier than me, are they?"https://www.loudersound.com/features/peter-grant-pink-floyd-on-bootlegs
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"...hard liquor on the sly. Organized #racketeers dominated the illegal “#bootlegging” industry as well as the urban machine “#bosses” and the vice kings." (1)
The impact of the drug #alcohol by itself on post-#Soviet #Russian society is staggering:
"...estimated that the increase in #alcohol consumption since 1987, the year when then-Soviet leader Mikhail #Gorbachev's restrictions on alcohol sales collapsed, cost ..."
(2) https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/alcohol-blamed-half-90s-russian-deaths-flna1c9450713