UK tribute band getting a cease and desist

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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,706
    edited January 2021
    bootlegger10 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    pjl44 said:
    If naming your tribute band Pearl Jamm gets you a call or letter from a band member do you think that will lead to fewer or more tribute bands ganking your name? Another reason why you just have your lawyer send a letter.
    i was just going to say this exact thing. "hey, i'm going to start performing as eddie veddur and maybe Ed will personally call me to ask me politely to stop!". 
    So again, who has said that Eddie Vedder should have called them up?
    The cover band.
    Haha. In the overly long sttement? Need to read it. 

    This sure is a Legal Pickle.

    EDIT: Haha. "We would have had reached out to you"
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    edited January 2021
    Lol
    Post edited by cp3iverson on
  • crookedcross
    crookedcross Posts: 1,551
    SHZA said:
    crookedcross said:
    SHZA said:
    crookedcross said:
    MedozK said:
    Lazy, blatant copyright infringement. I have no problem with Pearl Jam being aggressive in protecting their intellectual property.
    The funny thing is people are reacting like PJ did this incredibly shitty thing. Cease and desist is pretty much the least aggressive approach to something like this. P Jamm acts like Pearl Jam is some shitty garage band who performs in a storage unit and would just come up to them and say "hey mannn... that's so not cool... change your band's name brooo."
    Ha, if they would have done a friendly cease and desist phone call or email before the formal cease and desist letter it would have been totally cool  (◔_◔)
    Pearl Jam is a brand, a company if you may. A big one. You actually believe they should've called or emailed some dude/s across the pond? (◔_◔)
    No, I was agreeing with you. Pointing out that it's not realistic, for those that think the band should have done something else instead of the letter that was sent. 
    My bad my bad. We need a sarcasm font. I suck at reading into emojis  Lol 
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,713
    Peasant Tents said:
     As for the horrendous very limited "tribute EV telecasters" they make and sell...  
    I had to look this up. Slap a couple stickers on and sell a telecaster for almost double the price. These guys are a trip.
  • PorchRats
    PorchRats Albany, NY Posts: 164
    RatherBe said:
    PorchRats said:
    PJ has gotten lamer and lamer over the years... sad to see 😕
    Porch Rats would be a great name for a Pearl Jam tribute band.
    Ha definitely. To be clear I do think it’s totally reasonable to request the change. I just wish they didn’t go straight to lawyers to do it 
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 25,051
    pjl44 said:
    If naming your tribute band Pearl Jamm gets you a call or letter from a band member do you think that will lead to fewer or more tribute bands ganking your name? Another reason why you just have your lawyer send a letter.
    if i got a cease and desist from the band i would do the following:

    1. immediately change my band name and immediately stop selling pirated merch
    2. NOT go on various social media sites and advertise my butthurt, nor send a letter appealing to members of pearl jam
    3. see #1. do not change new band name to draw attention to the fact that pearl jam legal team is making us change our name
    4. frame and hang that cease and desist letter on my wall. because when you think about it, getting any kind of letter from the band's legal team is actually pretty metal.
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    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 25,051
    Peasant Tents said:
    Nobody should call the copy band. They should just be written to like any other business. The name and merch was poor. So is the new name.  the whole "tribute" written statement thing!
     As for the horrendous very limited "tribute EV telecasters" they make and sell...  
    In any case, I have never seen them, never will. I just don't appreciate cover bands. Especially the ones who somehow inhabit their idols like in Stars in Their Eyes.  I get people doing that once on a crappy show, but making a habit of it makes me feel slightly uncomfortable . 
    Appreciate some like it. Just not for me.
    who is selling these teles and why have I not seen them? anybody got a link?
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,713
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    Peasant Tents said:
    Nobody should call the copy band. They should just be written to like any other business. The name and merch was poor. So is the new name.  the whole "tribute" written statement thing!
     As for the horrendous very limited "tribute EV telecasters" they make and sell...  
    In any case, I have never seen them, never will. I just don't appreciate cover bands. Especially the ones who somehow inhabit their idols like in Stars in Their Eyes.  I get people doing that once on a crappy show, but making a habit of it makes me feel slightly uncomfortable . 
    Appreciate some like it. Just not for me.
    who is selling these teles and why have I not seen them? anybody got a link?
    It wouldn't surprise me if linking to it is frowned upon. Just Google the illegal band name, our favorite lead singer, and the guitar type. I found it that way.
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,264
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    Peasant Tents said:
    Nobody should call the copy band. They should just be written to like any other business. The name and merch was poor. So is the new name.  the whole "tribute" written statement thing!
     As for the horrendous very limited "tribute EV telecasters" they make and sell...  
    In any case, I have never seen them, never will. I just don't appreciate cover bands. Especially the ones who somehow inhabit their idols like in Stars in Their Eyes.  I get people doing that once on a crappy show, but making a habit of it makes me feel slightly uncomfortable . 
    Appreciate some like it. Just not for me.
    who is selling these teles and why have I not seen them? anybody got a link?
    It’s a squier tele, not a fender.  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,818
    mcgruff10 said:
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    Peasant Tents said:
    Nobody should call the copy band. They should just be written to like any other business. The name and merch was poor. So is the new name.  the whole "tribute" written statement thing!
     As for the horrendous very limited "tribute EV telecasters" they make and sell...  
    In any case, I have never seen them, never will. I just don't appreciate cover bands. Especially the ones who somehow inhabit their idols like in Stars in Their Eyes.  I get people doing that once on a crappy show, but making a habit of it makes me feel slightly uncomfortable . 
    Appreciate some like it. Just not for me.
    who is selling these teles and why have I not seen them? anybody got a link?
    It’s a squier tele, not a fender.  
    Just saw it... that's sad.

    Am I the only one who's thinking the cease & desist WAS polite? If PJ really wanted to be dicks they could have outright sued them. 
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Someone send me a link to this fake tele lol

    Ed’s guitar is actually an Esquire.  Do they still produce those?
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,264
    https://www.fxpedal.co.uk/guitars-c1/electric-guitars-c2/squier-eddie-vedder-pearl-jam-tribute-telecaster-p4632?fbclid=IwAR2UyR0ASLw3VjgF3e28WuxnMQTpGcDn4REsvBw6L0NuUcHbFSd-O0iS0ko
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  • Peasant Tents
    Peasant Tents UK Posts: 863
    And Ed's guitar with the sticker is a sparkle version not plain black - I know I am a sad fanboy... But really... Just incredible. 
    Feed off the band and then play victim and try to claim the moral high ground. It's sad...
  • JeBurkhardt
    JeBurkhardt Posts: 5,385
    At this point, they might be the most talked about tribute band since Blood Pollution.
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 15,177
    Where are they selling guitar replica


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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,706
    I wish I could play an instrument and have a tribute band
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 15,177
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    I wish I could play an instrument and have a tribute band
    Learn. Never too old.


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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,706
    edited January 2021
    lastexitlondon said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    I wish I could play an instrument and have a tribute band
    Learn. Never too old.
    Would be so hard to figure out a witty name though :(
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Posts: 40,247
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    lastexitlondon said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    I wish I could play an instrument and have a tribute band
    Learn. Never too old.
    Would be so hard to figure out a witty name though :(
    how about....i don't know.....maybe Spiritual Chaos?
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  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 15,177
    Let me try.  Give me a day


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