More commerce. Less community.

and charity too

Just my opinion.....

$31.21 to join sounds like a good price....
But at a price...like that...i wouldnt expect much from the club..
As far as free music being included.....I think most of us want to join because we want to hear new music...and yes advance tix sales.....
and like i said yes they sold music but only a couple tracks a year
and u dont need to be a member to buy them
[Edited Added]
To realy get any thing good U should have to Pay....back in 2001..
they charged $100...alot back then..and enough even now day.but still reasonable....

RodeoSchro said

That would be my dream.....but not sure if thats such'a good idea either....because...i'd go Broke.... ...they'd get all my money
[Edited 7/7/06 2:00am]

what is the deal with the story that the club was shut down by some legal order? i must have missed something. but someone told me that Prince got sued because he did not register NPG or NPGMC or something. PWND!

according to my sources, Prince is disinchanted with it right now, and no plans are in the works. Thus, to respond would be just speculation on my part, and I'd rather let Prince figure it out on his own.

Astasheiks said:

You all don't know anything about "Keep Steppin" do you?

Astasheiks said:

nope.

Astasheiks said:

Does it have anything to do with Step Shows?

"Get on the Boat?

I guess you all heard Prince is being sued over using npgmusicclub by some arseholes!

Wish Prince the best, like some have said before who cares about Natures Publishing Group didnt even know the arseholes existed!!!

Astasheiks said:

from the court documents i read the suit is only over paper publications that usE NPG. not the music side or even the club. their claim is they have the rights to use NPG for printed material because they used it in 1999... ignoring the NPG magazine printed in 95...

SlamGlam said:

thank you SlamGlam... that damned misinformed sticky has sprouted more shit on 4 sites than a prince fart on the Academy Awards!!

all that was filed was an OPPOSITION to NPG's filing for trademark protection for NPG at the US patent/tm office (which was about 11 years late BTW). tho the word lawsuit is being thrown around - technically there is none as a lawsuit generally means (to non-lawyers) that one entity sues another for damages, custody, ownership, etc in a COURT.
NOT in a USPTO Board of Appeals!!! they can not mete out damages, cause Prince to shut down his site or anything else. no one can UNTIL the USPTO Board rules on the application to oppose the Paisley Park filing.

Then Prince MIGHT have to adjust his situation in re; NPGMC, etc logo use if the USPTO agrees with the opposition and denies PPark a TM/SM on NPG.

NONE of this mind you has any direct causal relationship on what happened at NPGMC - NONE.

prince pulled the plug b/c he and his business management decided to - end of story. anyone wants a lawsuit for damages - get the few 1000 people who joined within the last 3 months and sue Paisley Park Enterprises or whomever owns the NPGMC site.
oh and GOOD LUCK!!!

rhomea said:

Very true! (in bold)



And those who joined within the last couple months can't even sue. As long as "life of the club" was there, NPGMC was protected.




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[Edited 7/11/06 5:55am]

rhomea said:

Very Interesting.

Has anyone looked at Prince.com recently? It says it's the future home of Prince.com - not sure how long that has been around, but I always thought it made sense for Prince to own Prince.com, just like U2 own U2.com, Sting owns Sting.com etc.... Prince.com would be a lot more accessible to interested passersby than, say, NPGMusicClub.com.

Still, we'll see. A $31.21 membership fee for a members-only CD and 77c downloads, or 99c downloads for non-members, seems like a good option to me.

My guess for when this will happen? 7/31/21:00 as mentioned elsewhere on this thread.

booyah said:

been registered since 1995 by network solutions....which means Prince doesn't own it.

3121.com seems too short term for me...I mean, what happens when the next album comes out? another new website? I dunno.