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http://www.311.com/html/news_taping_policy.html
311 Taping Policy
311 will allow audience taping at 311 headline shows on their upcoming summer tour. This is for audio taping only. Video taping is NOT allowed. Taping is not allowed at festival shows including radio festivals and city festivals. Performances by opening acts will be governed by that artist's policy on audio taping. Please do not tape the opening acts performances unless you are 100% certain that they allow audience taping. If you do not know that artist's policy then you should assume that they do not allow taping. For the summer ampitheatre shows, taping will only be allowed in the lawn. You will not require a specific "taper ticket" - you will simply need a lawn ticket. For the indoor arena/theater shows, if the floor is general admission and the stands or balcony are reserved, taping will be allowed at the back of the GA floor. In these situations, in order to tape, you must hold a general admission floor ticket. Those who wish to tape are allowed to bring ONE small audio recording deck and ONE microphone stand/pair of microphones into the venue; additional equipment (or over-sized equipment) will not be permitted. Anyone found taping in violation of the above policy will be removed from the venue and unauthorized recordings will be confiscated.
The enjoyment of the audience in attendance at a concert always takes precedence over taper's recording efforts. This means that at no time should tapers ever require other patrons to be quiet or otherwise interfere with their enjoyment of the show. Please respect your fellow 311 fans.
All taping must be for personal use only, which may include trading (via analog or digital tape, CD, or digital file transfer). Recordings may be traded only for an equivalent amount of similar media (cassettes or CDs, pre-recorded or blank). Live recordings must not be sold. Regardless of any expenses incurred, NO MONEY MAY EVER BE EXCHANGED AS PART OF A TRADE; however, stamped, self-addressed envelopes may be included with blank media. In addition, the media by which audio trading is publicized may not be commercialized. Therefore newsletters, web sites, clubs, or any other communication forum facilitating audio trading cannot accept advertising, offer links for compensation, exploit databases compiled from their traffic, or otherwise derive any commercial proceeds in any form. A statement of compliance with this policy must be clearly posted on all web sites engaged in trading activity.
Notwithstanding the above, 311 reserves the right to require immediate removal of any unreleased 311 material. And in no case may any officially-released 311 recording (live or studio albums) be duplicated or otherwise traded or offered - this would be a violation of copyright and intellectual property laws and would be subject to criminal prosecution.
Audience taping at 311 concerts is authorized for non-commercial purposes only. Unauthorized sale, duplication and/or distribution is strictly forbidden. All 311 performances and recordings are the exclusive property of 311. All rights reserved. The privileges to record 311 performances set forth in this policy constitute an express, revocable license. We reserve the right to withdraw our sanction of recording, tape trading, and/or non-commercial digital audio file transfers on a case specific basis or in general, as we deem necessary. No waiver of any copyright or trademark right is intended.
If you become aware of any person or site in violation of this policy, please inform 311 management, Your efforts to help in this area - will allow us to maintain an authorized and organized taping policy for future 311 tours. Thanks and enjoy the shows!
On July 27, 2004, 311 management OK'd their inclusion on archive.org:
"Yes, approved, that reflects our policy. Thanks for inquiring. Enjoy the music.
This approval is for live recordings not album recordings.
311 management"
