UK tribute band getting a cease and desist

JeBurkhardt

mace1229 said:

Seeing them justify adding an "M" to make Pearl Jamm reminds me of Vanilla Ice justifying Ice Ice Baby by adding that "tisk" to the beat

Yep, that completely changed it. Don't know what the fuss was all about.

Spiritual_Chaos

mace1229 said:

Seeing them justify adding an "M" to make Pearl Jamm reminds me of Vanilla Ice justifying Ice Ice Baby by adding that "tisk" to the beat

https://youtu.be/6TLo4Z_LWu4

Foriginal Sin

mookieblaylock1969 said:

Loo igotid88 said:

mookieblaylock1969 said:

Why are they picking on one band in times like these.? What about all the PJ tribute bands in USA, Australia and here in the UK, nothing in the new about that. Pearl Jamm are a fantastic bunch of guys who love the real PJ and put on a fantastic show. I have loved PJ since 1994 before anyone gets on me. Look out Stereotonics, Noasis and Foo Fighterz. I am in shock because I love PJ and the bands outlook, charitable work and morality as well as they’re music. As mentioned before, these guys stepped up at a few hours notice when London gig was cancelled, they are good guys

Stereotonics and Noasis still sound different.
I just think they don't want people to confuse them. I've seen post where people thought the actual band was going to play. Either way the cover band can still use a different name and play their songs if they still want to.

I don’t think going to a back street pub in Brighton for a tenner and expecting to see the real PJ happens enough to ruin 5 peoples musical lives

I saw Skid Row open for Kiss in Chicago, September 2000 in front of 20,000, less than a year later, August 2001, they were playing a bar in South Elgin, IL in front of maybe 100 people, maybe 75 and that was real band, it happens 

mace1229

Foriginal Sin said:

mookieblaylock1969 said:

Loo igotid88 said:

mookieblaylock1969 said:

Why are they picking on one band in times like these.? What about all the PJ tribute bands in USA, Australia and here in the UK, nothing in the new about that. Pearl Jamm are a fantastic bunch of guys who love the real PJ and put on a fantastic show. I have loved PJ since 1994 before anyone gets on me. Look out Stereotonics, Noasis and Foo Fighterz. I am in shock because I love PJ and the bands outlook, charitable work and morality as well as they’re music. As mentioned before, these guys stepped up at a few hours notice when London gig was cancelled, they are good guys

Stereotonics and Noasis still sound different.
I just think they don't want people to confuse them. I've seen post where people thought the actual band was going to play. Either way the cover band can still use a different name and play their songs if they still want to.

I don’t think going to a back street pub in Brighton for a tenner and expecting to see the real PJ happens enough to ruin 5 peoples musical lives

I saw Skid Row open for Kiss in Chicago, September 2000 in front of 20,000, less than a year later, August 2001, they were playing a bar in South Elgin, IL in front of maybe 100 people, maybe 75 and that was real band, it happens 

Also, if this ruins anyone's musical lives its because they allowed it to. If asking someone to change their name to something other than Pearl Jamm is going to ruin their musical life, it was basically over already. 
This would not have been a big deal if they made a statement that just said "Due to reasons beyond our control here is our new name. Please come see us at our next gig."
But drawing it out and playing the victim and changing it to one of the few possible names actually dumber than what it was to begin with may ruin their musical lives.

demetrios

MedozK said:

I think everyone is giving these guys way to much publicity. They should be happy as hell.

They should be. Top Google "Pearl Jam" search result for the whole week has been about this story. 

HughFreakingDillon

demetrios said:

MedozK said:

I think everyone is giving these guys way to much publicity. They should be happy as hell.

They should be. Top Google "Pearl Jam" search result for the whole week has been about this story. 

i legitimately can't imagine why. a tribute band getting a cease and desist is big news? what the hell?

igotid88

leespj said:

I can understand Pearl Jam's management and lawyer's etc having an issue with Pearl Jamm but why (if true) has the band instigated this? Disappointed. If anything Tribute bands only enhance the Pearl Jam brand. Tribute bands can generate more fans of the actual genuine band or even get casual fans going to more gigs, former fans returning to the band they once loved, buying more merch etc.
Petty if you ask me.  I really hope this is a management and legal matter rather than the band wanting it dealt with. 

It's about infringing on their trademarks and copyrights. You could lose a trademark or not be able to defend it if you let other people use it to sell their merchandise without permission. 

igotid88

https://youtu.be/F8eGSTkR5Jo

PJNB

igotid88 said:

https://youtu.be/F8eGSTkR5Jo

Great breakdown of this whole story. 

Spiritual_Chaos

HughFreakingDillon said:

demetrios said:

MedozK said:

I think everyone is giving these guys way to much publicity. They should be happy as hell.

They should be. Top Google "Pearl Jam" search result for the whole week has been about this story. 

i legitimately can't imagine why. a tribute band getting a cease and desist is big news? what the hell?

Pearl Jam should shadowdrop a new album to drown out the story. 

dimitrispearljam

on2legs said:

I’m thinking of changing my screen name to dimitrispearljamm as a tribute to the king of all PJ fans. 

  cease and desist sent!!!

on2legs

dimitrispearljam said:

on2legs said:

I’m thinking of changing my screen name to dimitrispearljamm as a tribute to the king of all PJ fans. 

  cease and desist sent!!!

Why now you don’t cease and desist?

vant0037

Two cents as a lawyer: people overestimate their ability to do the right thing voluntarily.  A cease-and-desist isn’t a law suit; it’s a formal way of warning someone.  It’s nice to think that this by-all-accounts pleasant group of musicians would just stop using the band’s intellectual property if they got, say, a personal call from Ed f-ing Vedder and they resolved it all amicably, but (1) that assumes that these guys simply had no idea they were using the band’s name etc without consent, (OF COURSE they knew they what they were doing) and (2) it incentivizes people to do the same thing.  (Use the bands stuff in a way that gets Eddie Vedder to personally call or write you).

I have absolutely no issue with this happening how it did.  Don’t like getting a legal warning from your favorite band?  Don’t give them a reason to.

eboweddie

Nail on the head. Spot on. 

gimmesometruth27

igotid88 said:

https://youtu.be/F8eGSTkR5Jo

i think, like many of us,  the guy on the right would have roasted the choice of new name.

gimmesometruth27

dimitrispearljam said:

on2legs said:

I’m thinking of changing my screen name to dimitrispearljamm as a tribute to the king of all PJ fans. 

  cease and desist sent!!!