Well, obviously first and foremost, if its a bootleg of a licensed product (one of our official albums, for instance) then we're strongly against that. As for live stuff, we prefer that people trade them as opposed to sell them of course. We've seen our stuff on both traders and sellers lists in the past, and usually we'll contact them and at least ask for a copy of it. Would you believe, we've found out about dealers having bootlegs of our shows, that we didn't have prior knowledge of, and they actually wanted to CHARGE us for a copy?? Some people have alot of nerve. They lose their nerve when they find out we have a very good lawyer who works for us though >=)
I personally don't mind the whole live video/audio thing, because I have been a big collector of that stuff for years myself, for my favorite artists. But the problem comes down to "quality control"....meaning, do I want any of you guys as loyal fans to go and shell out $20 for a bootleg of ND playing the Detroit Metalfest in 1998? Hell no, LOL, mainly because it was a dreadful show with awful sound, lots of technical difficulties, and just not worth the money. (Funny enough, I wasn't in the band for that show, but I've seen it, and its dreadful haha.....the other guys will agree with me on this though!) If anyone out there finds some ND stuff on the market that you're interested in buying or trading for, just don't hesitate to come to us and ask about it first. Not to get our "permission", but just so we can fill you in on whether its a good show or bad show or whatever.....plus, keep in mind, we are definitely going to be doing a DVD somewhere in the relatively near future, and we'll be cramming it full of cool old footage and stuff that I guarantee is better and more worth having than anything the bootleggers have out there.
Weird place. I drove out from Massachusetts for the show, and that remark alone made me forget about the 11 hour drive. 
