Thanks Russ. I spot sanctimonious posts fairly quickly...
They usually start with 'IMHO' ;-)

Look..., I understand the way it goes in pubs & venues; it's where I reside. I meet polite people, and I meet impolite people.
I react with the level of politeness I am met with; I have always been like that, but I would never dream of discouraging anyone who shows an interest in the music.

People who are 'in it' for the music generally are polite; I spot those people fairly quickly, also, and I react to that.

Jim is right to a degree in that he (as I do) recognise that there are times when it is difficult to make that connection, and although nobody has to, it's jolly bad form not to go back and, even just for politeness' sake, to make things right with the person you recorded it from.
No-one might be making money from this, but you, as the recorder are more 'enriched' by that recording, I imagine.

The music is the important part of all of this; I acknowledge that, also.

But that should not give anybody the right to walk over the musician to get it.

IMO

B.