Sony Music’s Ceremony of Roses Sues Over Counterfeit Benson Boone Merch — But Can Bootleggers Truly Be Decommissioned?

Benson Boone at the Spotify-hosted Fireworks & Rollerblades After Dark event. Photo Credit: Happy Monday for Spotify It’s time for merchandise “bootleggers” to pay for their alleged trademark infringement – at least according to Sony Music’s Ceremony of Roses, which is taking legal action against possible knockoff-merch peddlers. Ceremony ofContinue Reading

“A lot of the music stores didn’t want to touch used instruments back then. They would laugh at me and say, ‘You’re paying more for this old guitar than I am for this new guitar’”: Norman Harris on the nascent days of the vintage guitar market

(Image credit: Eleanor Jane) Norman Harris is today revered as one of the world’s foremost vintage guitar dealers in an ultra-competitive market. But it wasn’t always like this. He says that his store, Norman’s Rare Guitars, rose to prominence during a time when other stores steered clear of second-hand gear.Continue Reading