Mar 052007
Wolfgang’s Vault, the Internet home of famed Filmore East/West promoter Bill Graham’s archives, is fighting back against the legal teams for Classic Rock artists who are claiming copyright infringement regarding the site’s selling of merchandise and offering of streaming audio performances. With no legal grounding, we say, Go get ’em, Wolfgang’s Vault! You paid for Graham’s archives. Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, The Doors, and Santana have made us pay long enough. Come to think of it – what business does The Dead have worrying about this stuff? Weren’t they rock’s original enablers of bootlegging?
The Dead? Most likely Bob Weir. He’s the one who decided to remove all of the band’s live soundboards from archive.org, then partially relented after a storm of bad press and threatened fan boycotts.
This story finally inspired me to check the Vault out for real. All I gotta say is “wow.” This show, in particular, is downright f*cking fantastically amazing:
http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/ConcertDetail.aspx?id=426|7962
Yeah, there’s some enticing stuff all over this site. For whatever reason, I never saw the need to investigate till now.
Never been their either – I’m just catching up on all posts as usual. Pretty cool, ’nuff said.