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http://www.eonline.com/ne...id=fd-news Interesting quote from the article: A spokesman for Prince Fans United disputes those assertions, telling E! Online the fansites are all run on a voluntarily basis, without commercial intent. "Web Sheriff's statement that Prince per se is not suing personally is a technicality at best," the rep said. "Many of the photos are copyright[ed] to the fans who posted them, many were provided to us directly by the photographers with permission, many are copyrighted to record labels. We have asked many times for them to identify which photos they believe infringe their clients' rights but received only blanket replies to remove all photos." Prince's demands are way beyond the pale, because they "go further and demand removal of his 'likeness,' including demands to disable search code that allows users to search housequake.com for the term prince," the spokesmann continued. |
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CarrieMpls said: Eonline!
http://www.eonline.com/ne...id=fd-news Interesting quote from the article: A spokesman for Prince Fans United disputes those assertions, telling E! Online the fansites are all run on a voluntarily basis, without commercial intent. "Web Sheriff's statement that Prince per se is not suing personally is a technicality at best," the rep said. "Many of the photos are copyright[ed] to the fans who posted them, many were provided to us directly by the photographers with permission, many are copyrighted to record labels. We have asked many times for them to identify which photos they believe infringe their clients' rights but received only blanket replies to remove all photos." Prince's demands are way beyond the pale, because they "go further and demand removal of his 'likeness,' including demands to disable search code that allows users to search housequake.com for the term prince," the spokesmann continued. Fight The Power!  | |
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RIP 1947-2016 David Bowie
dunno whether it counts but it was reported on the channel 5 news over here in the uk With Love there is no Death | |
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RodeoSchro said: I can't believe CJ isn't all over this.
I was surprised too, but look for article in the Star Tribune. | |
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CarrieMpls said: "We have asked many times for them to identify which photos they believe infringe their clients' rights ..."
I don't even know where I got my avatar from. Let elone, who has the copy right... It's from the internet!!! There is just no keeping track of this, is there? | |
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This headline from a Chinese news outlet is my favorite, so far:
Prince moves to sue fan sites: no photos 4 U! http://news.xinhuanet.com...031418.htm a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on | |
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xperience319 said: Yahoo Music http://music.yahoo.com/re...s/51354424
Rolling Stone http://www.rollingstone.c...ell-swoop/ CMJ http://prod1.cmj.com/arti...d=51047342 Times Online http://entertainment.time...822070.ece Anti Music http://www.antimusic.com/...Fans.shtml Guardian Unlimited http://music.guardian.co....60,00.html Any otha links guys? Here's a good one from the Machinist: http://machinist.salon.co...07/prince/ | |
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so many newspapers, so little time  seems that i was busy doing something close to nothing, but different than the day before   | |
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Some photos from the Guardian site here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk...=331185442 | |
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Belgian press:
http://www.demorgen.be/dm...kken.dhtml (website of one of the quality newspapers 'De Morgen', with ugly pic  ) | |
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Glad to see we are getting noticed. Are you ready for Jehovah's return? Cuz if you not *holds up TRC* | |
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You'll find the back of my hand displeasing. (Shake) The bun is in your mind. (Meatwad) | |
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From www.tmz.com
Posted Nov 10th 2007 10:20AM by TMZ Staff Filed under: Music Battling with several fan sites of over the use of his material, Prince has decided to try making nice with his biggest supporters the best way he knows how -- through song. His Purpleness released a new track on his site entitled "PFUnk" and even gave the song to the website PrinceFansUnited.com -- a site formed by three of the largest Prince fan sites as a way to fight back against the barrage of cease and desist letters the sites have received from Prince's lawyers. Controversy! Here's where it gets strange: A statement was released yesterday by Prince's PR people, calling the Prince Fans United sites "phony" -- only it turns out the statement was sent in error. The two sides are working on a joint statement and hope to have the matter resolved soon. Earlier this year, Prince and his record label fought with YouTube over a 29-second video of an 18-month-old baby dancing to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy." How does Prince find so much time to surf the web? | |
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Technology site C-Net.com has a podcast where this situation is also discussed!
http://reviews.cnet.com/8...l?tag=head r/f | |
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Just saw this on TV (ABC News): PRINCE SUES FANBASE
They said his fans weren't happy with his recent actions. Check out: http://www.abcnews.com and search for Prince. They have several articles. | |
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Fuck.
Now I wished that I learned how to read.  | |
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what up prince
are you still unda neath that pomp a dour how many times did i wait in line to see you like a whore what up dude have you not extracted enuff of my income yet how much is too much like the lifetime payment we all regret but we are all like sheep cause we dig your tunage and talent complete and yet all is fine been a long time since you wrote a sign of the time so i say what up prince my little purple zillionaire what up dude whats fair whats fair whats fair whats fair what up prince | |
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luv4u said: From
http://www.muchmoremusic.com/theloop/ "PRINCE ATTACKS FAN WEBSITES Prince is not feeling very generous lately. Lawyers for the singer have ordered several of his biggest fan sites to remove any image that bears his likeness. The fans have in turn banded together to fight the demands. "Prince Fans United" are angry at the threats saying such actions are in violation of their freedom of speech." I was just thinking of something. I would really love to hear what Ed the Sock thinks about this whole fiasco. He has a "tell it like it is" attitude. If enough of us ask him by clicking on the link below, maybe he can do an EDitorial on it. Just go to the website below and scrool down to where it says FAQ You. There is a form you can fill out. You can also check out the other videos of him there. They are quite funny. http://www.muchmusic.com/tv/edthesock/ | |
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Illustrator said: Fuck.
Now I wished that I learned how to read.   | |
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luv4u said: From
http://www.muchmoremusic.com/theloop/ "PRINCE ATTACKS FAN WEBSITES Prince is not feeling very generous lately. Lawyers for the singer have ordered several of his biggest fan sites to remove any image that bears his likeness. The fans have in turn banded together to fight the demands. "Prince Fans United" are angry at the threats saying such actions are in violation of their freedom of speech." | |
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So was Prince also behind the situation where the woman was forced to take down a youtube clip of her children singing Let’s Go Crazy? Or was that just Warner music policing the internet?
http://www.psfk.com/2007/...abuse.html | |
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New podcast: http://www.news.com/Podca...18348.html
By CNET News.com Staff Published: November 13, 2007 12:56 PM PST Recently, artists such as Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails have decided to embrace Internet distribution and give their music away for free. Now Prince, ironically one of the first artists to release an online-only album, is coming down hard on file sharing. CNET News.com reporter Greg Sandoval joins CNET's Tim Moynihan to talk about what's going through Prince's head. | |
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this was posted on another board. you want to know why Prince is pissed at his fans and wants control of his images? There ya go. | |
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BlackAdder7 said:
this was posted on another board. you want to know why Prince is pissed at his fans and wants control of his images? There ya go. yep. AND now it turns out that prince was not behind asking that lady to remove the dancing baby clip. so, in sum, alll that hatred, alllll that rage directed at prince over these issues - uncalled for.. and sadly by now he probably really DOES hate his fans, based on the smear campaign launched against him by fans in the media | |
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BlackAdder7 said: this was posted on another board. you want to know why Prince is pissed at his fans and wants control of his images? There ya go.
Good thing you posted it here as well then "this especially prepared potato is called pomme de terre" | |
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XxAxX said: AND now it turns out that prince was not behind asking that lady to remove the dancing baby clip. o rly now? so, in sum, alll that hatred, alllll that rage directed at prince over these issues - uncalled for.. big bullies need 2 b held accountable! and sadly by now he probably really DOES hate his fans, based on the smear campaign launched against him by fans in the media smear campaign? [Edited 11/19/07 0:00am] | |
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