[brimstone]

Although a cue sheet would allow you to make a perfect copy of the cd layout of the original cd i don't think it's necessary for bootlegs.

EAC as a standard option appends the pregaps to the previous track so the listening experience would be exactly the same if except that a standalone cd player would play the pregaps as the end of a normal track instead of a pregap countdown.

The cue sheet/image combination also doesn't work properly with most computer media players. The other types of cue sheets also have serious drawbacks.

I don't think that database support is an eligible argument when it comes to bootleg cds.