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Rockers sue over Web site's bootlegs, posters
- Steve Rubenstein, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Legendary rock stars sued a San Francisco memorabilia vendor on Monday for selling unauthorized posters and trinkets and for offering free concert recordings over the Internet.
The rock stars, including members of the Santana, Led Zeppelin and Grateful Dead bands, said the owner of the Wolfgang's Vault Web site was violating their copyrights.
The 28-page complaint, filed in San Francisco federal court, demanded that Web site owner William Sagan stop selling the merchandise and reimburse the rockers for past sales.
Sagan bought the archives of the late rock concert promoter Bill Graham and established Wolfgang's Vault in honor of Graham's given first name. On Monday, the site was still offering such items as Led Zeppelin posters for $3,300, Grateful Dead posters for $4,000 and free "bootleg" recordings from hundreds of concerts.
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Topic - Rockers sue over Web site's bootlegs, posters - LWR 08:45:31 12/19/06 (1)

At least have the courtesy to mention I predicted this a week ago - Duilawyer 22:04:37 12/19/06 (0)

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