From the Chicago Tribune

Pearl Jam sues to stop would-be bootleggers

Published May 12, 2006

Proving that rock 'n' roll isn't only about the music--it's also about the money--Pearl Jam filed suit in Chicago on Thursday to keep counterfeiters from cashing in on the band's name during its current U.S. tour.

Filed in U.S. Northern District Court against "various John Does, Jane Does and XYZ companies," the suit would allow the band's security to confiscate any pirated merchandise being sold outside the shows, said the band's Chicago-based lawyer, Douglas Masters.

The complaint was filed after bootleggers were spotted outside Pearl Jam shows in Toronto.

"Given the nature of Pearl Jam's fame and fan base, there's a high likelihood the [counterfeiters] will do it again," Masters said.

In the suit, Masters asks for the order to be effective throughout the tour, which lasts through at least August.

Masters said that such requests are common and that he has filed them for performers including the Smashing Pumpkins. Pearl Jam plays the United Center on Tuesday and Wednesday.

hope its not true

why do you hope it's not true?

bootleg merch is fucking ghetto and dumb

are you just pissed you can't buy your tie died Avocado themed "tour" shirt?

Geez, can you blame them? I don't think this will have any effect on people trading music. Only on people trying to sell what you have aquired by trading. Selling fan recordings isn't approved of around here any ways. Why do you think it is a bad thing?

it's just bootleg t-shirts and such, that's all this is about...

I have lost no respect over Pearl Jam for this.

THINK ABOUT IT FOLKS..

Pearl Jam bootleggers could be selling *DEFECTIVE* merchandise to fans.. for Chicago Tribune to imply PJ is greedy for this obviously shows that whoever wrote that is a fucking idiot & didnt think about it in the most simple way.

this header is misleading

when we think of bootlegs, we're thinking audio. and that is why there is so much action on this thread

if you would have said "fake tshirts" no one would have cared

this is a non issue. bands sue those dudes all the time. and the shirts suck anyway

well now what am i supposed to do with all these "paerl jam" shirts?

Hahahahaha, nice.

Yeah, I don't see how this is a problem for anyone. They aren't letting people sell illegal, cheap crappy t-shirts to make money off of their band- they must be sell-outs.

no ones quoted me ..

no, no, its fine...

I just...

that shit pisses me off so bad....it's like yeah, just because i'm a rock band, i'll hate money, and let everyone else bank off of my success

fuck that shit

who wrote that shitass article?

Don't break the law.

That was some fine vomiting

normally i use beer and cigarettes as barter with the homies selling bootleg tshirts..at nin (philly 05) i got 2 shirts for 5 bucks, 2 natty lights, 2 marboro menthols, and a shot of soco