Thank you for taking the time to reply. I have not reached to any conclusions, trying to work out all the perspectives and for that I do appreciate the feedback. It is true that I lean towards a certain logic of things, but I do see the way reality works and try to balance both. Thank you!
"Technology allow today to record every show and sell them at affordable price. "
True, but quality recording is a thing that demands equipment and of course a careful planning. It costs money to record live shows and then discard them as no good. Affordable prices is a term I can't understand. If a fan desires everything by an artist and the artist has 120 shows every year, like BD, it is not very economic or affordable. But this can be over seen as a fetish thing (owning everything from an artist, or is it?) But it is the quality and planning that have to go into the equation. Would you BD fan pay 1200 dollars to own every concert BD has given since 1990? (and that is a dollar a show...)
"You have to think for the general public not only your fan base."
The general public would only care for one show, well recorded and with a nice artwork maybe, not every last one from the far end of the earth, with poor sound and repetition of the same tracks. So it is a peculiar thing, because many people might download an unofficial live recording that is for free, but will not dedicate the amount of time to even listen to it. But when they pay money for a well cared recording (let's not call it product) they do spend time to listen it over and over. But flooding the market with easy to produce live recordings, clearly points to the fan's direction.
"What a chance for a simple single concert goer to be able to get the show you attended in sbd quality."
This is a completely different situation. We are talking about a souvenir, but it has to be in a physical form! But it has to be produced in a vast number to cover expenses. And we are talking big venues then, 5000-10000 thousand people. Maybe even include it in a special ticket price and have it sent to you. A download is a welcome substitute, and that maybe can appeal to a general public.
"The die hard fans are another matter."
True they are. They pay for the official releases at the expensive prices at the time of release (not 6 months or 1 year after at the bargain bins, with a quarter of the original price), sometimes multiple times since the editions are many (Get lucky had 4 different releases), pay to download extra tracks that usually never enter the radar of the general public and pay for usually over priced merchandise, without complaining. How much is enough?
"In 2010 fan made recording and their private sharing were still allowed by MK management.
Restriction are the fact of some sharing site (for their legal safety)."
And there enters the pseudo moral issues together with the legal system, in order to defend the hollow logic of the whole matter.
"If only Simfy had existed as early than 1977... "
No, I think that some things gain their appeal from the scarcity, from the nicely weaved myths that actually have to support nothing, but the myths themselves. It is only music, after all. That is why I especially respect MK, for not putting out editions with extras from the DS days. If they were not considered good enough then, it would only be a stunt to attract the same old fan - customers, with music interesting for historical reasons only. And I believe the same goes for the live performances. Unless they are programmed to be recorded like alchemy, they have many too many flaws that may be unnoticeable for the live experience, but can't sustain repeated plays. Well maybe only to the devoted fan.
