God only knows what fans would do, if they found out he had a "virginia".....
all hell would break loose!!!

What if he had a West Virginia!!!!!

That is a totally different tone from the last email that was made public on here

There is nothing unreasonable in that email, quite the opposite

The email is restricted to material over which Prince does hold the intellectual property rights, i.e. his music

What is confusing is it appears to originate from "DS" and seems to be sent TO web sheriff not from, despite the fact it is signed "web sheriff"

So it looks like web sheriff is sending emails to itself to tell itself not to have anything to do with bootlegs???

Doesn't make sense

oooooh the trouble typos cause...

There's some things that messed up when this was copy pasted ...

Subject: PRINCE
From: "DS" (ds@websheriff.com)
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 15:36:59 -0000
To: (removed by me)
[Edited 11/7/07 15:36pm]
[Edited 11/7/07 15:38pm]

God only knows what fans would do, if they found out he had a "virginia".....
all hell would break loose!!!

This was sent directly to you? Was it sent to your personal email? Or was it sent to you via the fan sites? If so, which one, please use an orgnote, if that makes you feel more comfortable.

I just need to know which bounds Web Sheriff is overstepping before I start making phone calls.

I'd like to speak to My Congressman! Yes, I'll hold!

What if he had a West Virginia!!!!!

Ritaw yes this is to do with the PFU site

The statements from web sheriff appear to contradict each other

And the gloves have officialy come off... this is a letter being sent to individual users right now:

Subject: PRINCE
From: "DS"
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 15:36:59 -0000
To:
Web Sheriff
Protecting Your Rights on the Internet
Tel 44-(0)208-323 8013 / Fax 44-(0)208-323 8080
websheriff@websheriff.com www.websheriff.com
STRICTLY PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL
ATTENTION ADDRESSEES ONLY
WITHOUT PREJUDICE
Hi XXXXX

On behalf of AEG Worldwide and NPG / PRINCE, we would kindly ask you not to file-share illegal / unauthorized
bootleg and pirate recordings of PRINCE (whether through XXX or elsewhere). For your info, XXXX is now being
closed down and we would again kindly ask you not to try and join any att empted replacement ring, network, forum or
site.
As you may be aware, web-traffic relating to PRINCE's intellectual property rights is now being monitored and, where
appropriate, removed … .. and not just by Web Sheriff, but also by music industry associations / attorneys so, if you
insist upon collecting bootleg / pirate recordings - which, obviously, PRINCE would rather that you didn't - then please
retain them for personal use off-line / do not ‘broadcast’ thevmia web-rings, forums, p2p applications or blogs etc.
On behalf of AEG Worldwide and NPG / PRINCE, we do appreciate that - of course - you are valued fans of / are
promoting PRINCE
but, by the same token, you must also appreciate that, by distributing bootleg or pirate recordings (or linking to similar
material), you are potentially causing considerable inconvenience and we are sure that you would not want to be
personally responsible (or liable) for any of the resulting damage and dsiruption.
Whilst writing, we’d add that PRINCE / NPG and AEG Worldwide are not at all against free music but, at the end of
the day, it should be (and is) the artist’s decision as to whether or n ohte effectively allows the unauthorized distribution
of (unauthorized) material on-line - as it’s HIS MUSIC / PERFORMANCE !! Thank you, again, for respecting their
wishes.
As you will appreciate, this e-mail - containing, as it does, a position that is potentially prejudicial to our clients’
enforcement of their rights - is written on a without prejudice basis and, as such, all of our clients’ accumulated,
worldwide rights remain strictly reserved : please excuse this required f ormality.
With Thanks & Regards,
WEB SHERIFF

As much as we love Prince, as much as we would like to consider ourselves part of his success, we are not who "made" him. God (by whatever name) made him, gave him his talent, and introduced it to the world, and Prince has worked harder than anyone I've ever seen to perfect his craft. It's his work, his image, his life over which he wants control. Who of us does not want that to the extent we can get it?

I imagine that fine line between love and hate finally dissolved. I went to PFU today with great sadness, which soon turned to anger. Such hate from those who supposedly loved; not just hate for Prince, but racial and homophobic rage. Nothing good can come from this site. No one will win this battle. As of today, I believe we have all lost the acceptance, the love, the freedom, and the incredible togetherness we once shared from Prince's music. I hope all the ego trips are worth it.

Amy

That is a totally different tone from the last email that was made public on here

There is nothing unreasonable in that email, quite the opposite

The email is restricted to material over which Prince does hold the intellectual property rights, i.e. his music

What is confusing is it appears to originate from "DS" and seems to be sent TO web sheriff not from, despite the fact it is signed "web sheriff"

So it looks like web sheriff is sending emails to itself to tell itself not to have anything to do with bootlegs???

Doesn't make sense

As much as we love Prince, as much as we would like to consider ourselves part of his success, we are not who "made" him. God (by whatever name) made him, gave him his talent, and introduced it to the world, and Prince has worked harder than anyone I've ever seen to perfect his craft. It's his work, his image, his life over which he wants control. Who of us does not want that to the extent we can get it?

I imagine that fine line between love and hate finally dissolved. I went to PFU today with great sadness, which soon turned to anger. Such hate from those who supposedly loved; not just hate for Prince, but racial and homophobic rage. Nothing good can come from this site. No one will win this battle. As of today, I believe we have all lost the acceptance, the love, the freedom, and the incredible togetherness we once shared from Prince's music. I hope all the ego trips are worth it.

Amy

thought so - people on this site seem to think that they will be unable to say anything at all about Prince and/or his music but I haven't seen that anywhere or have i missed something here. I thought it all referred to visual images etc. which is not an uncommon request these days vis a vis copyright/intellectual property issues which are becoming ever more important - i have to deal with this and i only work in education.

so has there been an over-reaction by fans?

As much as we love Prince, as much as we would like to consider ourselves part of his success, we are not who "made" him. God (by whatever name) made him, gave him his talent, and introduced it to the world, and Prince has worked harder than anyone I've ever seen to perfect his craft. It's his work, his image, his life over which he wants control. Who of us does not want that to the extent we can get it?

I imagine that fine line between love and hate finally dissolved. I went to PFU today with great sadness, which soon turned to anger. Such hate from those who supposedly loved; not just hate for Prince, but racial and homophobic rage. Nothing good can come from this site. No one will win this battle. As of today, I believe we have all lost the acceptance, the love, the freedom, and the incredible togetherness we once shared from Prince's music. I hope all the ego trips are worth it.

Amy

who is DS?

Either Ben (the owner of this site) lied, or shit has really hit the fan.

This is what Ben has on the orgs homepage right now:
"demands for removing content and mandating how we would refer to Prince, if obliged, would essentially mean the end of any discussion of Prince-related topics, hosting of images (even of people's symbol tattoos!) and more."

I have no reason to distrust Ben, whereas I'm familiar with Prince's tactics over the years. So no, I don't think people are overreacting.

Either Ben (the owner of this site) lied, or shit has really hit the fan.

This is what Ben has on the orgs homepage right now:
"demands for removing content and mandating how we would refer to Prince, if obliged, would essentially mean the end of any discussion of Prince-related topics, hosting of images (even of people's symbol tattoos!) and more."

I have no reason to distrust Ben, whereas I'm familiar with Prince's tactics over the years. So no, I don't think people are overreacting.