Bootleg
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The term bootlegging originally came from concealing hip flask
s of alcohol in the legs of boots.
Bootleg or bootlegging
The term bootlegger is used for a special type of 1920 to 1930s raceboat used for rum-running during the prohibitation.
As a term applied to copyright infringement
Hip flask
A hip flask is a thin flask for holding a distilled beverage; its size and shape are suited to a trouser pocket.-Description: Hip flasks were traditionally made of pewter, silver, or even glass, though most modern flasks are made from stainless steel...
s of alcohol in the legs of boots.
Bootleg or bootlegging
- Bootleg (radio), the use of illegal equipment, frequencies, or operating procedures in two-way radio
- Bootleg miningBootleg miningSpanBootleg mining is illegal coal mining.The term originated around the 1920s, though the practice probably predates that. Generally, a bootleg mine is a small mine dug by a handful of men. Often this took place surrepetitiously on land owned by somebody else, such as a coal company...
, hidden or illegal coal mining - Bootleg playBootleg playIn American football, a bootleg play is a play in which the quarterback runs with the ball in the direction of either sideline behind the line of scrimmage...
, a tactic in American football - Bootleg turnBootleg turnA bootleg turn is a radical driving maneuver intended to reverse the direction of travel of a forward-moving automobile by 180 degrees in a minimum amount of time while staying within the width of a two-lane road...
, a driving maneuver - Bootleg pants or Bell-bottomsBell-bottomsBell-bottoms are trousers that become wider from the knees downward. Related styles include flare, loon pants and boot-cut/leg trousers. Hip-huggers are bell-bottomed, flare, or boot-cut pants that are fitted tightly around the hips and thighs.-Naval origins:Bell-bottoms' precise origins are...
, trousers which flare out at the bottom of the legs to allow room for large boots - Bootlegging (business)Bootlegging (business)In economics and business administration literature, Kenneth E. Knight introduced the notion bootlegging in 1967. Bootlegging is defined as research in which motivated individuals secretly organize the innovation process. It usually is a bottom-up, non-programmed activity, without the official...
, secret innovation within an organization - Bootlegging, a slang term to describe the illegal operation of a speederSpeederA speeder is a maintenance of way motorized vehicle formerly used on railroads around the world by track inspectors and work crews to move quickly to and...
on a railway - Rum-runningRum-runningRum-running, also known as bootlegging, is the illegal business of transporting alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law...
(smuggling liquor) - SmugglingSmugglingSmuggling is the clandestine transportation of goods or persons, such as out of a building, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations.There are various motivations to smuggle...
more generally
The term bootlegger is used for a special type of 1920 to 1930s raceboat used for rum-running during the prohibitation.
As a term applied to copyright infringementCopyright infringementCopyright infringement is the unauthorized or prohibited use of works under copyright, infringing the copyright holder's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works.- "Piracy" :...
- Bootleg recordingBootleg recordingA bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...
, an otherwise unavailable audio or video recording of a live performance or screening. See also:- Cam (bootleg)Cam (bootleg)A cam is a bootleg recording of a film. Unlike the more common DVD rip or screener recording methods which involve the duplication of officially distributed media, cam versions are original clandestine recordings made in movie theaters.Typically, the person filming the movie will smuggle a compact...
distributed without consent - RippingRippingRipping is the process of copying audio or video content to a hard disk, typically from removable media. The word is used to refer to all forms of media. Despite the name, neither the media nor the data is damaged after extraction....
- ScreenerScreenerA screener is an advance screening of a film sent to critics, awards voters, video stores , and other film industry professionals, including producers and distributors. A screener often has no post-processing....
- Cam (bootleg)
- Bootleg role-playing gamesBootleg role-playing gamesBootleg role-playing games are unauthorised copies of game instructions and gameplay rules of role-playing games. As with the music and video industries, the business of RPGs changed markedly in response to high-tech methods of illegal copying....
, illegally copied rulebooks for tabletop role-playing games - CounterfeitCounterfeitTo counterfeit means to illegally imitate something. Counterfeit products are often produced with the intent to take advantage of the superior value of the imitated product...
merchandise - Mashup (music)Mashup (music)A mashup or bootleg is a song or composition created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the instrumental track of another...
, music which contains unlicensed samples of other music
Moving images
- Bootleg (1985), an Australian film
- Bootleg (TV serial)
- Bootleggers (film)Bootleggers (film)Bootleggers or Moonshiners is a 1961 Soviet short film directed by Leonid Gaidai.- Plot summary :The trio of Fool, Coward, and Experienced decides to get rich with the help of their samogon-making apparatus. The making of samogon goes well, and towards the end of their "work shift", they decide to...
, a 1961 Soviet short film about alcohol bootlegging
Music
- "Boot-Leg", a song by Booker T & the MG's
- Bootleg (Bad News album)Bootleg (Bad News album)Bootleg is the second album release by UK parody heavy metal group Bad News. It is a comedy album, apparently a bootleg of outtakes from the sessions for the group's self titled debut album Bad News...
- "Bootleg", a song by Creedence Clearwater RevivalCreedence Clearwater RevivalCreedence Clearwater Revival was an American rock band that gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a number of successful singles drawn from various albums....
- Bootleg (Downchild Blues Band album)Bootleg (Downchild Blues Band album)Bootleg is the 1971, first lp release from the Canadian blues group the Downchild Blues Band.Having been rehearsing and playing live shows since 1969, the band proceeded to create one of Canada’s earliest independent records. Recorded over two nights in 1971 in a makeshift studio at Toronto's...
- Bootleg (Eric's Trip album)Bootleg (Eric's Trip album)Bootleg is the second compilation album by Canadian indie band Eric's Trip. It is only available on vinyl. The album was released to coincide with the band's 2007 reunion tour.-Side 1:# "What I Meant"#* Belong session outtake-march 1992...
- Bootleg (Larry Norman album)Bootleg (Larry Norman album)Bootleg is an album created by Larry Norman, released in 1972. It was originally released as a double-LP.- History :In early 1972 One Way Records released Bootleg, a double album retrospective covering the previous four years of Norman's career compiled from demonstration recordings made while at...
- Bootleg (Tempest album)Bootleg (Tempest album)Bootleg is the debut album by Tempest. At the time, they did not have a fiddle player, and performed as a four-piece.- Tracks :# Heather on the Moor # Soldier Song # Handsome Molly...
- Bootlegs (Good Charlotte album)
- Bootlegs (Kristy Thirsk album)Bootlegs (Kristy Thirsk album)Bootlegs was the debut E.P. by Canadian singer/songwriter Kristy Thirsk. It was self-released in 2000. The album features demos and live tracks that would later appear on Thirsk's full length debut Souvenir. Bootlegs was issued in extremely limited numbers to support Thirsk's west coast tour...
- Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed and UploadedBootlegged, Distorted, Remixed and UploadedBootlegged, Distorted, Remixed and Uploaded is a compilation album by English metal band Pitchshifter. It was released in 2003, on their own record label, PSI Records....
- Live Bootleg (disambiguation), a number of albums
As a proper noun
- Bootleg (comics)Bootleg (comics)Bootleg is a fictional super heroine created by Eric Stephenson and Todd Nauck for Image Comics title New Men and was the second team member the two introduced to the series, after Pilot, a character who was almost identical to the X-Men's Bishop, and debuted in her civilian identity in the 9th...
, a character from the comic book New MenNew menNew men is a term used by some historians when referring to middle class professionals who held important positions in government in Britain during the House of Lancaster, House of York and Tudor periods .... - Bootleg, a brand name used by C&J ClarkC&J ClarkC. and J. Clark International Ltd, trading as Clarks, is a British, international shoe manufacturer and retailer based in Street, Somerset, England...
for children's shoes and trainers