Some of rock ‘n’ roll’s biggest players, including Led Zeppelin, the Grateful Dead and Carlos Santana, are suing a website that offers thousands of recordings of rare audio and video music performances.
The artists say Wolfgang’s Vault, owned by William Sagan, is illegally offering the recordings in order to lure consumers to buy other products available on the site.
Musician Carlos Santana, seen in this undated photo, is one of several rockers suing the Wolfgang’s Vault website for featuring concert video and audio.Musician Carlos Santana, seen in this undated photo, is one of several rockers suing the Wolfgang’s Vault website for featuring concert video and audio.
In November, the site began streaming hundreds of clips filmed and collected by concert promoter Bill Graham over a 30-year period.
Graham, born Wolfgang Grajonca, died in 1991. He was considered a pioneer in modern concert promotion.
especially considering these guys are all “Summer of Love” types…..apparently capitalism is their new concern no more “free love.”
Are musicians the dumbest people on earth? Why the hell should they care if someone is distributing old concert footage there is no way to sell your entire back catalogue of old concerts and music. It is free promotion. This relentless stupidity just boggles the mind.