Why would Prince knowingly steal someone else's song? It doesn't make sense

Belle said:

That's definitely Faze O's "Riding High". Did they have permission to use it? A definite fact that will matter in this case!

I kept swearing I heard "Gett Off" similarities but I didn't want to mention that because you know how folks can get around here but since you brought it up...umm...yeah I hear "Gett Off" similarities too!

I hear "Girl 6"similarities all up and through it. If nothing else this is going to be fun to watch!

Wow.
Did "Phone Sex" come out first or did "Girl 6"?

and...Didn't P have some kind of beef with Spike Lee before?

Sounds like the writers of "Ridin' High" should sue them for stealing their bass line.

Prince would never steal anyone else's Music. Its just some body trying to make make money with lies and causing other people problems.

They should see it as a privalige to be associated with an artist like Prince,

I think sometimes people can be so greedy.

He helped promote most of there careers. How much do they owe Prince?

Prince would never steal anyone else's Music. Its just some body trying to make make money with lies and causing other people problems.

Technically, "Girl 6" was done by TAFKAP, based on how it's listed in the Public Catalog at the United States Copyright Office:

Girl 6.
Type of Work: Music
Registration Number / Date: PA0000813180 / 1996-07-29
Title: Girl 6.
Appears in: Girl 6, music from the motion picture. Warner Brothers 9 46239-2, c1996. Compact disc
Publisher Number: Warner Brothers 9 46239-2
Performer: Performed by the New Power Generation.
Copyright Claimant: NPG Publishing
Date of Creation: 1996
Date of Publication: 1996-03-19
Authorship on Application: words & music: the Artist Formerly Known As Prince, Tommy Elm (a.k.a. Tommy Barbarella)

Names: Elm, Tommy
Barbarella, Tommy
New Power Generation
NPG Publishing
Artist Formerly Known As Prince

So my question is, since Prince wasn't Prince at the time and TAFKAP no longer exists...can Prince even be sued for what TAFKAP did?

That Prince! He's a tricky one!!

ReginaCarman said:

Oh really? Ask Morris Day, Andre Cymone, Sheila E., and Wendy & Lisa.

ReginaCarman said:

erotic city (the production of it) is an imitation of a someone else's song.

"Holy River" sounds a lot like "Runaway Train"

didn't someone have issue with a couple cuts off of emancipation too? vonda or curtis something?

sosgemini said:

Yes, Sandra St. Victor had a fall out with Prince. Thing is , she IS credited in the booklet, and Prince has mentioned her quite a few times in interviews and made it clear that SHE wrote the lyrics to Soul Sanctuary when Spike Lee mentioned that beautiful song in that interview in INTERVIEW magazine in 96.

KoolEaze said:

so what was her issue then?

sosgemini said:

i belive it's that prince used the material without telling her he was

They should see it as a privalige to be associated with an artist like Prince,

I think sometimes people can be so greedy.

He helped promote most of there careers. How much do they owe Prince?

ufoclub said:

You mean Laid Back´s "White Horse", right ? I had never heard that song before until two years ago ( I searched for it on youtube because folks kept mentioning the similarities between the two) and when I heard it, I coukd understand what they meant but I´m still not convinced that Prince was influenced by them. Sure, their song came out much earlier ON RECORD but maybe they had heard an early acetate of Erotic City somewhere. I remember reading something about a Prince maxisingle with a Laid Back song as the b-side because they were cool with each other at some point in their careers, so maybe they were in touch and that´s where they picked up the idea from him. Then again, maybe Erotic City was indeed inpired by White Horse...who knows ? But it doesn´t sound very realistic, it was a huge club hit back then and he would´ve gotten sued big time by them if it were a plagiarization of their song. Why would he borrow so obviously ?

They should see it as a privalige to be associated with an artist like Prince,

I think sometimes people can be so greedy.

He helped promote most of there careers. How much do they owe Prince?

The one song Morris wrote he sold to obtain a recording contract and I have never read any interview were Sheile E has said P stole a song from her. In fact she has said she gets roylaty checks.

Some of you guys need to put some of the blame of on the individuals. If you get ripped off stop working with the person that ripped you off.
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daPrettyman said:

Internet "Booters" celebrate!




Now, they can make Prince ease the threats because he is named in a lawsuit..

Wrong..

Still, the photos and the music that they want are still his, and have nothing to do with this situation.




Putting Prince's name, or any name in a lawsuit means nothing.. Most of those spouting venom because Prince will not allow them to have their way, would actually be in jail by now if this were the case.

Keep spending everyday of your precious lives trying to find any dirt on the internet about this man..

You can prove to him that the photos and some boots, boot dicussions, or illegal and un-authorized materials mean nothing to you.

Close, or end all of your Prince fansites! It will never, ever happen. All talk, bravado, ego, and bitterness over something that really doesn't belong to you.

Prince's fanbase has provided a little community for those to network, meet people, and some to generate $$$$ (and they know it). I just don't trust those who scream the loudest over U.S. and Internationl Copyright Laws regrading Prince's photos and music. I believe that some are stirring the bitterness here because they can no longer have their way on the internet, and it's sad.

I doubt that Prince would be the only hypocrite..Not by a long shot.


"This is what it sounds like...When "Booters" Cry."
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