"Look," they said. "Mick doesn't listen to bootlegs. He thinks they sound like trash. But Keith? I once saw Keith listening to a YouTube rip of a 1973 show on an iPhone with a cracked screen. He was smiling. He knows the energy is there. He knows archive.org is the only place you can hear the band when they were hungry . You can't monetize hunger, but you can't kill it, either."
It is crucial to understand the boundaries. The Internet Archive removes material immediately upon a legitimate copyright holder's request (DMCA). As of 2025, many live Stones recordings remain because: the rolling stones archive.org