You see Jerome, this is where I have a problem with the "Trade Police". I have a low generation copy of a VHS, cmcmc has a 1st generation copy which he plans to put on a DVD and you tell us that a master copy is circulating and, presumably this goes for cmcmc too, putting a higher generation copy onto DVD would be an act of pollution.
The thing is Jerome, this is one of those shows that circulates in "rare" trading circles. Unless someone has a considerable collection (like you) they will never get their hands on it. I don't expect you, or any other collector, to give away copies of their rare stuff for nothing but don't whinge if a rare show does get circulated. I know that the source I got this from (who I believe to be either the taper or close to the taper) has no problems in my putting the show onto DVD. I've got a fairly small dvd collection at the moment and I wouldn't have a cat in hells chance of getting some of this rarer stuff and neither would the vast majority of other traders. So the question is: Which is the lesser of two evils? Do you have a master copy of a hand held audience show that only 15 people ever get to see or do you have a slightly inferior version that's available to the masses? As long as I don't try and pass my copy off as a master copy where is the problem?