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Thread started 07/13/06 7:50am

rhomea

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DON'T U WANNA COME...

SEE WHY PRINCE IS CLOSING DOWN THE NPG MUSIC CLUB???

I'd suggest this is a strong runner for first place!!!

FOXNEWS.COM HOME > FOXLIFE
Prince's Fan Web Site Shut Down
Wednesday, July 12, 2006

MINNEAPOLIS — Prince's fan Web site has been shut down, but an attorney for the musician says it's not related to a recent trademark lawsuit against the site, NPGMusicClub.com.

HM Publishing Holdings, a book company in England, filed the lawsuit on July 3 based on its own NPG, a science-book subsidiary called the Nature Publishing Group.

Prince's attorney, David Schelzel, said Prince already has approval of the name from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and that the legal action is minor.

"Prince's use of the NPG or Paisley Park trademarks is no way in jeopardy,"Schelzel said. When asked why the site was shut down, Schelzel told the Star Tribune"Wait and see."

Last month, New York's RED Distribution announced a deal in which it will be the "sole distributor" of all of Prince's NPG products. Soon after that, an e-mail was sent out to NPG members saying the site had entered "a time of great reflection and restructuring."
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The online club started around 2000, and it won Prince a Webby Award in June for being an Internet innovator.

"In its current 4m (form), there is a feeling that the NPGMC has gone as far as it can go,"the e-mail said."The future holds nothing but endless opportunity. Don't u want 2 come?"

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Reply #1 posted 07/13/06 7:57am

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Hello SONY!!!!


RED Distribution Company Profile

RED Distribution is a Sony BMG-owned independent record distributor that handles releases for some 40 record labels. The leading indie distributor in the US, RED distributes for labels including Fat Wreck Chords, Trustkill Records, and Victory Records, its top-selling label. Recent successful RED acts include the bands Los Lonely Boys and Switchfoot. RED Distribution was founded in 1979 as a heavy metal music distributor.
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Reply #2 posted 07/13/06 8:01am

Anx

where else have i seen a thread like this? hmmm
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Reply #3 posted 07/13/06 11:44am

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It's on another thread already

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