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Mean Girls bootleg thoughts

K so this has nothing to do with my usual content so feel free to just skip past it, but I’ve recently gotten into the Broadway fandom a bit after a recent trip to NYC, and just found myself falling down a rabbit hole of the whole “Mean Girls” bootleg drama (side note, I was fortunate enough to see the show live and it was just. absolutely. amazing.).

So basically what I can gather is that someone somehow got ahold of the bootleg (most likely purchased from the person who filmed it, aka the “master”) and shared it on youtube. This is kind of a major deal because the bootleg hasn’t passed its NFT (Not For Trade) date yet. I’m new to the whole bootleg terminology, but essentially the point of that date is so the master can make money off of the video to pay for costs associated with filming bootlegs before it’s traded/gifted all over the community for free. By sharing the bootleg publicly, this allowed many people to view the bootleg without having to buy it. Now apparently (this is just what I’ve read, keep in mind), the master is angry that their bootleg was leaked and another incident like this could turn them off of filming shows altogether.

Okay so as for my own thoughts...although I have some ethical problems with the idea of someone illegally filming a show and then putting stipulations like NFT dates on someone else’s intellectual property, I completely understand why leaking a master’s bootleg is detrimental. We need these masters to continue taking this risk if we want to ever see recordings of shows (which, for thousands of people, is the only way they are ever able to experience theater). Doing something like this can lead to masters leaving the trade altogether. I totally get the upset and why so many people are angry.

HOWEVER

I’ve also seen a huge amount of nasty, vicious comments directed toward anyone who shares or spreads these videos, and I just feel like I need to drop a reminder that most of these people probably have no idea that they’re doing anything wrong. Although I’ve always known about the existence of bootlegs, I’d never even heard of anything relating to NFT dates or leaks until this whole “Mean Girls” debacle. I’m sure the same goes for a lot of the (probably young) people who shared the links they found or posted videos on youtube. I get being angry. I get being upset. But can we maybe refrain from screaming that anyone who participated in this (I did not, just fyi, so this isn’t some kind of self-defense post) is a disgrace, is being purposefully disrespectful, and is the scum of the earth? I’ve seen so much animosity from many members of the Broadway/bootleg community and it’s just not a good look. If you know that someone knowingly leaked the video, having full knowledge of what they were doing wrong, get angry, sure.

But I think people have lost sight of the fact that this isn’t some well-known thing, especially for younger fans of shows like “Mean Girls.” I myself had to do some major digging to even find the actual NFT date. Yes, it might be “wrong” of them to have done what they did. But tearing apart people who very well might have not even known what they were doing isn’t the answer.

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Does anybody else get a little surprised when people follow them? Like, people want to keep up with this shitshow??

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@prettylittleliarsxxxx @yourbloodisthenewblack Valentines Day is now reserved for the love of hockey and watching team Canada's woman's hockey team kick team USA's ass (again)

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full offense but shonda rhimes ruins everything good in my life bye

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if we, as women, sleep on Wonder Woman, we will regret it and they will never let us forget it because they'll use it as an excuse to not have more female centric superhero movies which omg imagine a world where your daughter doesn't realize that there was a time where there weren't female superheroes on the big screen, so not to be dramatic but for future generations don't sleep on Wonder Woman

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