Perhaps this notice will clear up any confusion brought on by the CAUSE emale u received recently. Not long ago, an UNauthorized version of the concert film SIGN O THE TIMES surfaced online. Supposedly originating in Brazil and distributed by WEA International- this DVD is not something that was approved by Prince or any of his affiliates. Enuff is enuff...

We all know that Prince is one of the most bootlegged artists of his generation and while much of this activity is tolerated, it crosses the line when Prince's 4mer record company who is entrusted 2 steward his catalogue gets in the mix.

The CAUSE emale is a simple request 2 show a Federal Court the actual truth of this age-old riff between ARTIST and LABEL.

Even if u were kind enuff 2 send us just ONE cd that is shown on the list u were mailed, it will serve as ample notice that we r tired of this endless MISrepresentation of this man's life-long work. He deserves better.

Let Prince steward his OWN catalogue, then the "coupled", poor-quality, unmastered versions of his classics would cease. Imagine in 2004, a brand-new, prisitine, RE-mastered version of PURPLE RAIN released on high definition DVD with xtras, outtakes and liner notes from the Artist himself arriving at ur door. That alone is worth the effort of helping us with the CAUSE.

-love4oneanother, NPGMC
[This message was edited Thu Jul 24 13:42:14 PDT 2003 by pandemoniun6]

I like that picture of the girls with the boobies in your avatar.

Anxiety said:

Yeah, that's hot!

Yeah, who APPROVED that one?

imo this is one of the more reasonable requests/emails the NPGMC has sent fans/members.

if WB has released prince material through a foreign affiliate in violation of their agreement with prince they should be punished. that's exactly the sort of thing artists should oppose as a matter of principle.

please support the guy in this, if you can.

just my 2c
[This message was edited Thu Jul 24 15:43:35 PDT 2003 by XxAxX]

XxAxX said:

What about the US tapes & cds he is asking for?
Tapes & cds released in the US aren't in violation of any agreement with a foreign affliate.
I bought Dirty Mind/Controversy on cassette in the US from a chain store in the late eighties. No foreign affiliate was invovled.

hmmm. ok. i admit i don't know the story in full and i'm guessing. but, i'm keeping an open mind until NPGMC updates us more. .
[This message was edited Thu Jul 24 19:09:11 PDT 2003 by XxAxX]

XxAxX said:

What mind are you keeping open?

pandemoniun6 said:

'supposedly'?

even they are unsure if warners distributed it. jeez!

Shapeshifter said:

you know, thanks to your incredibly witty remark i have seen the error of my ways! i have come to understand that, unless i think just like you, i am simply NOT COOL! so from now on i will voice an opinion ONLY when it agrees with the majority of y'all, from now on i will simply post 'lol' after everything you say because, obviously, you are people of GIANT intellects who are capable of understanding complex issues without hurting your brains, and i should unquestioningly follow your lead when you viciously and maliciously attack another person who asks for your help. yes, you ARE the ultimate in smart
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It's not that you're not cool...but you admit yourself in your posts that you are "merely guessing," and the fact is that many of the arguments you are using, while intelligent, are incorrect.

These items CAN be bought, TODAY, on the internet by Prince and gang. Also, physical evidence of them would NOT be necessary or even paid any attention to in a court of law because these releases all had bar codes on them...they're legitimate releases, with paperwork and everything. It's all there already.

I understand you trying to keep an open mind, but this "clarification" post of PeePee9's is some wack-ass attempt on Prince's part to basically back off the issue.

I mean, how can it be that the WHOLE reason for this was this Sign O The Times DVD (which was NOT distributed by Warner), when it wasn't even mentioned in the looong list of unauthorized materials in the original email? That makes no sense at all.

theblueangel said:

The sott in my opinion is what they are saying was the straw breaking the proverbial camels back.

The only way that p can issue a claim for what he would have received in royalties is to prove sales volumes to third parties - this is significantly easier if sales to third parties are proved already. It is not a question of proving they exist alone.

theblueangel said:

It doesn't seem like they are using it as the WHOLE reason, just a recent example. And they said it was "supposedly" distributed by WEA International. Barnes and Noble does have the DVD listed as a WEA International release, so there may or may not be something to it.

theblueangel said:

ok. . we disagree.
time will tell what's goin on