What kind of illegal recordings are out there?
There are several types of illegal recordings. Pirated records, Counterfeit records and Bootleg records. Pirated records are records (or CDs) that have songs compiled and copied from regular records, given a “new” album title and are often sold at a lower price. For instance, if you found someone on the street corner selling a cassette called Madonna’s Greatest Hits for $5.00, and it contained a collection of her hit records (“Like a Virgin”, “Vogue”, etc.) then this is a pirate recording, especially if it is not copying the title of an official Madonna album. Madonna’s record company did not authorize the release of this, and the record company, Madonna and the songwriter(s) are not getting any royalties (money) out of the sale of this tape. Closely related to pirated recordings are Counterfeit records. It was common for pirates some countries like Taiwan to make Counterfeit records, which mirror the content and appearance of the legitimate release. A lot of times, counterfeit records
