Noodled24 said:[quote]

katt said:

You make a good point, but if something is done that the artist considers to be disrespectful then problems are going to arise out it. Not to say that Prince was not disrespectful to HQ, but at the same time HQ uploaded information I thought were inappropriate, so again, I see both sides to blame and hope that they can see what they did wrong and come to a solution.
[Edited 10/5/07 7:39am]

wonder505 said:

No, I'm saying that if people are upset with HOW HQ handled things (ie making it public) then say that. Dont try to dress it up and anything more than that. Dont go on to make allegations of blackmail.
Perhaps a good opening line would be "I'm not sure I agree with the way HQ has made this public because..."




HQ has never said team npg had accused them of blackmail.
When WS came to HQ, he never said HQ had tried to blackmail him.

Obviously there may be things that we're not aware of, but blackmail has never been mentioned yet. And now that I think about it Gav who I believe is a mod at HQ also denied the blackmail thing as soon as it was mentioned.

Fine that you think it should be done in private, but you're still reading this thread so you've taken an interest if nothing else. HQ allowed us to be kept upto date, and would make statements when they could since as the events unfolded it could potentially effect every member. I think thats very respectful of them.

Noodled24 said:[quote]

katt said:

Are you employed in the Law buisness?

This case has very much interested me to the point I have phoned my cousin and told him about this situation (he is in the Law business) he has said he will send me some information and case laws etc and if I do not understand he will explain it further to me in layman terms, this is something I have never done before so I m not sure mind you if I will offer this information into the public domain as it could possibly start more troubles but at least then I will know exactly what the law states.

katt said:

No... well I mean I used to watch LA law if that counts. But other than that I'm just a twat.
I did recieve one of the laughable C&D letters where they imply you're breaking the law without actually saying which law. That perked my interest, from there I just followed the threads on HQ. I've also visited a few law websites just out of interest.
I'm just saying (as it has been said before) that Moral and Legal arguments are different. If I believed in the bible then morally it's accptable to walk in to HMV on a sunday and throw rocks at the staff until they're dead. Legally, thats just murder.
[Edited 10/5/07 8:18am]

Noodled24 said:

For me, quote of the year.

funktank said:

If there was ever a reason to take up Christianity... lets be honest even the human gene pool needs a little bit of chlorine.

wonder505 said:

I rarely come here and when i do it's normally to talk about non P. related stuff, i've been banned from HQ for like two years, i very rarely post to AMP.

No need for me to delete my Org account, rest assured i'll make an ass of myself or piss someone off soon enough, thus envoking a ban here also.

Katt...you seem very passionate about this subject, you'd be better off devoting that energy to worthwhile things like animal welfare then some 4ft nothing dumbass from Minneapolis.

liberation said:

Lawd have mercy..

liberation said:

U wee monster, I am not defending anyone get in chat so i can give u a good spanking

For any Quake mod that will answer:

If Prince requested that pictures be taken down, whether or not he has legal standing, what is wrong with honoring such a request? Is it jjust a case of "we'll do what we want"?

Lothan said:

We have honored requests. But on a fansite belong pictures of the artist and if we honored all the requests there would be no pic left.

dothejump said:

Thank you Parade.

dothejump said:

By the way..
I just wanted to tell u that paradetour.com Kicks ASS !
when I found it online a few years ago I was blown away !
The Parade era will always be Prince at his best to me and your site is AMAZING ! One day Im going to offer you some stuff..I need to get it out of storage..My first Live Prince show was Madison square garden 86' and I have a few newspaper articles.. ticket stubs ect..

prettymansson said:

Thanks for the compliments but I should make more work of it and update it regularly.

Looking forward to the reviews!

..Sometimes I think about how I would feel If Any and Every little thing I have said or done since I was a teenager was posted online by masses of people that would be CRITIQUING everything about me..
who Im dating..
If Im straight on Gay..
What my clothes look like...
Do I wear a wig..
Did I get surgery to look so young..
Calling my music garbage for the last 15 years...
Talking about my height...ect..
It would freak me out..
I am to blame myself for the same things that all the other fans that love Prince are doing..But If any of us were in his shoes for a day..
I bet we would All have another Take on this whole Housequake situation..
Shit..I get freaked out when One person is in my business too close..Imagine Hundreds of Thousands Daily !
Damn

prettymansson said:

And these are the "fans", people who you think would respect the artist.

prettymansson said:

You make it sound like Prince is the only person in the world to receive this type of treatment. Plenty of other people do yet they don't treat their fans like cunts.

Open your eyes.

swanny said:

Im very aware of how things work in the entertainment business..
I simply was making the point that Anybody would occasionally get fed up with all the Bullshit that comes with being a public figure.

prettymansson said:

A fair point, but, I would say, If someone doesnt like the sight of blood it's probably best not to pursue a career as a doctor.
If someone thinks being shot at, attacked and hated by many would be freaky, dont join the police or army, you wont enjoy it.

There are certain things that "go with the job". It's almost universal and maybe not "fair" in some peoples opinion, but it's the way it is. If you're famous, people will take your picture. I'm sure it's not nice when people say bad things, but I've yet to hear any "sleb" cry when they get a good review. If my boss gives me a poor performance review I probably deserved it. You take the good with the bad.

This isnt specific to whats happening with HQ (or yourself), but if you had released a picture of yourself wearing only your pants and dodgy tash, while standing under a shower, and 30 years later found it a bit embarrasing, well frankly I'd have no sympathy for you. Everyone has embarrasing pictures that their friends or parents love to bring out... man up, and laugh it off. (again, by "you" I mean "one" - I'm just trying to not sound pretentious)

Noodled24 said:

Your views are typically how I see things myself..I just was thinking "for a brief moment" about how I would feel personally about my life being an open book to the public..I think Prince has accepted his position in life a long time ago..But I also know he's a mega Narcissistic/control freak and Maybe..Just Maybe..His problems with the pics has more to do with things like "not looking his best in some of the shots" or "Not wanting to give away the whole show online for people that maybe will buy tickets to the shows"
I personally have been to so many Prince shows that all I needed to see was the band line up..The stage..and a few 1 min videos on Youtube..To know that After seeing 6 musicology shows, The london Dates were pretty much the same damn thing with a symbol stage and a new "Praise for Prince" intro Video..
Im rambling.. But..Im just saying it must be hard for him sometimes to turn the other way and ignore some stuff....Who knows whats pissing him off...It may just be something that none of the fans have come up with yet..?
[Edited 10/5/07 12:51pm]

Prince can defend himself. I made my position clear on another forum.


now i'm done with the topic.....
[Edited 10/6/07 6:39am]

xplnyrslf said:

And why is that? You can at least tell the resons for your opinion.

because probably xplnrslf feels more at home at The Org, where this things are being discussed in the main forum : Prince Music (!!!) and more :

http://prince.org/msg/7/242137

Prince a lesbian .....

Talking about the pics on HQ...isn't some of them here aswell? Has there been any threats from the NPG team about it here? To me something in the water certainly don't compute when it comes to this...I think there are more to the matter.

For example, isn't it kind of arrogant/provocing to have a discussionforum for bootlegs..?

I thought it was OK to discuss bootlegs here? Just as it is on Housequake. To quote the rules of this fine site:



So it will be OK to discuss them here as well. IMHO

xenophobia2002 said:

There is nothing wrong with someone sharing what a child has said or done about Prince in a prince named forum, I have even posted about my grandchild Link: http://prince.org/msg/7/230798
It also happens at HQ and we used to do it at the NPGMC. It is amusing what children say and do sometimes and i am positive Prince would have a good laugh about what children think.

katt said:

yes, you are right, my 3 year old daughter watched him too, and said he looked like the biggest asshole on earth, with his feminal smile, sueing his biggest fanbase over some concert pics.... those darn funny kids, unbelievable !!!

Chastity said:

What's this got to do with the problems over at HQ?

[Lets keep on topic people]