so who gets the webby award now ?

sacredwarrior said:

is this another millie vanille thing ???...
it goes back to the award committe..

This article quotes an attorney for Paisley Park Enterprises that, "to the best of his knowledge, the web site closing and the trademark, were not related"

http://www.thebumpsquad.com

http://www.tmz.com/2006/0...-web-site/

Prince Abruptly Closes Official Web Site
Posted Jul 11th 2006 5:34PM by TMZ Staff


Prince's official Web site, NPGMusicClub.com, closed suddenly last week with no advanced notice. The club simply sent around an email that said, in part, they decided to "put the club on hiatus until further notice."

The announcement went on to say, "In its current [form] there is a feeling that the NPGMC gone as far as it can go." It ended, "The future holds nothing but endless opportunity and we plan on seizing it wholeheartedly. Don't u want 2 come?"

In a possibly related story, Prince filed for a trademark on the mark "NPG Music Club" last year. An opposition was filed against that claim by HM Publishers Holding Limited, which owns the Nature Publishing Group, or NPG. The opposition was filed on the same day that NPGMusicClub.com was put on "hiatus."
An attorney for Prince's company, Paisley Park Enterprises, told TMZ that the two incidents were not related, to the best of his knowledge, and that the "opposition will be resolved shortly."

Prince has been one of the pioneers of music on the Internet. He was the first major artist to release an entire album -- 1997's "Crystal Ball" -- exclusively on the Web. The NPG Music Club had boasted several full-length CDs of music that were unavailable anywhere else.

He was honored last month with a Webby Lifetime Achievement Award. "Besides being a musical genius, Prince is a visionary who recognized early on that the web would completely change how we experience music," said Tiffany Shlain, founder of The Webby Awards. "For more than a decade, he has tapped the power of the Web to forge a deeper connection with his fans and push the boundaries of technology and art."

http://www.thebumpsquad.com

Yes, it more than likely is the reason, because according 2 the above letter sent 2 the lawyers representing Prince and PPE, the "NPG" more than likely cannot b used until the very least August 2, 2007 - when all testimony and Discovery must b submitted. I seriously doubt that it would b that soon as they would have 2 await a judgement from the governing committee.

I am wondering, if "we" as the members of The "NPG" can throw some salt into Nature's game, in the 4m of a class action suit, if 4 nothing else, 2 tie their hands up as they have tied Prince's hands.

They have, by their lawsuit, infringed upon r memberships, causing undo stress 2 many members, loss of friendships, loss of access 2 music and merchandise and perks that as NPG members, we are entitled too.

I am serious, I don't expect it 2 go anywhere, but nothing will choke a lawsuit like another lawsuit? Get me... Prince/ has been calling fam NPG since the early 90's - we can claim that as a "community" HM is causing harm.

So, is this possible? Or am I just evil?

Oh and U're welcome on thanks 4 my research... Cool

Terilicious said:

Awwwww

You know, at first I was kinda put off by the whole Karma angle in this thread and then I got to thinkin this is exactly what Prince deserves for being such a jackass in the 90s and suing his fans who's only crime was being devoted fans. So many of the fans he went after only had lyrics on their site and pictures in honor of their favorite musician and he acted like a total nutball and a giant jerk. Yup, what comes around goes around

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Thanks!!
I hate to be a petty "na na na na na" kinda person, but it is a type of poetic justice. Still it's so unfair to the fan community and I hate to see Prince hurt even if he brought it upon himself.
Now could ya rearrange the words in your response and add some mystic babble so that I can have one of those crazy ass cryptic quotes to decipher for myself???
[Edited 7/12/06 8:09am]

jseven said:

I guess this BLOWS up yall dumbass theories.....

I think it's a DAMN shame that this has happened! I don't see how people would mistake NPGMC for NPG! To me this lawsuit is stupid! I think ya'll should stand behind him and have Faith that all of this works out for the best! Quit dogging the man out!!!!!

I guess this BLOWS up yall dumbass theories.....

Graycap23 said:

flame.

when i got here i read the rules

it says we're not supposed to post rumour attention seeking threads


which cant be supported with source back-up


" Prince told me " is hardly proof.



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for the record

the theories expressed here arent 'dumbass' at all


" karma is hitting on all levels "



take care and peace out

Don't post useless off-topic stuff

the rules also state


yet you continuously do so...

BSK3601 said:

if you or they cant see the connection

then i guess thats on you and them

This article quotes [b]an attorney for Paisley Park Enterprises that, "to the best of his knowledge...

Graycap23 said:

not really...like prince has ever been honest and forthcoming about any thing.


so we are supposed to expect his camp to be honest now? while he might not have been threatened to close the site down its obvious (in my view) that the lawsuit was a factor in him deciding to change directions...

I'd respectfully suggest to the Mods here that you get this now (thank god) disproven and illogical, inaccurate hyperbolic thread off as a sticky - now that 15,000 page views have been wasted on complete... supposition (See - i'm being polite here ).
Never mind that this stuff has now spilled all over ALL the Prince sites

If you really want to now what is going on with Prince -- as usual just follow the MUSIC or the MONEY...

http://www.prince.org/msg...95385?pg=1
[Edited 7/13/06 8:23am]

rhomea said:

nothing has been disproving...people are hear to debate their own theories..your free to agree to disagree but dont be coming here telling people how they should think or what discussions should be had here...

you are one of thousands or participants here on the org...sit back and enjoy yourself.

but the thing is that whatever music would have,or has been published under the banner of "NPG" could b caput.

His hands, the NPGMC's hands were tied - they had 2 shut down on reciept of that letter

rhomea said:

nothing has been disproved...people are hear to debate their own theories...you may disagree with them but the fact of the matter is none of us know whats going on. so let folks have their fun pontificating on whats going on.

look, while some may disagree, we at the org try our hardest to allow folks to discuss things openly...the last thing we want is this place to turn into another npgmc.



[Edited 7/13/06 8:56am]

Hey guys, I don't know if this has already been posted, but glamslam.org sent this bulletin on myspace today:

look, while some may disagree, we at the org try our hardest to allow folks to discuss things openly...the last thing we want is this place to turn into another npgmc.

Not sure if this has been posted here as yet but I found this link on a website called Launch, which is affiliated with Yahoo !!

http://music.yahoo.com/re...s/34010201

the fact is he is still selling NPG merchandise on a site that is still marked with NPG all over it!
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sosgemini said: