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 website was violating their copyrights.
The 28-page complaint, filed in San Francisco federal court, demanded that website 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 website 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.
Details here from the San Francisco Chronicle.