well I'm not advocating that you are responsible, just not sure of the sherriff and Prince's twisted logic is all

well I'm not advocating that you are responsible, just not sure of the sherriff and Prince's twisted logic is all

well i truly agree with you I do think that underneath all this is Prince's desire to have the only site dedicated to himself. That way he can control what is said, what is posted and all that. But I will drop his ass forever than to be forced to give up my community so he can tell me what kinds of topics I can discuss and whether or not I can even quote any of his lyrics when talking about how the only thing I had in my lonely fucked up childhood was his music.

And I'm with sexyb1 and gemini, I'm a fan for 28 years and I'd hardly say that's a quick turning on of prince

well i truly agree with you I do think that underneath all this is Prince's desire to have the only site dedicated to himself. That way he can control what is said, what is posted and all that. But I will drop his ass forever than to be forced to give up my community so he can tell me what kinds of topics I can discuss and whether or not I can even quote any of his lyrics when talking about how the only thing I had in my lonely fucked up childhood was his music.

And I'm with sexyb1 and gemini, I'm a fan for 28 years and I'd hardly say that's a quick turning on of prince

Hey,

I'm a little taken aback right now but that's about it. I'm hoping that the sabre rattling phase will give way to actual legal proceedings very soon because IMO, sufficient laws already exists and therefore, all that's left to be done is to have some precedent setting cases come to court complete with full discovery, evidence, depositions, etc, before an impartial jury. I don't favor a settlement because I think there are larger implications to these issues that need to be addressed in open court. Granted, it's easy for me to say being that I'm not the one having to scrape together the necessary resources.

As I understand it other parties such as uptown have gone through similar legal proceedings and ended by reaching a settlement which is good for them but didn't do a lot with regards to setting any precedent which is why the issue has and will continue to resurface.

So one of my questions is, are any of the principals involved with Princefansunited willing to prepare themselves for a protracted legal battle or is it a matter of calling each other's bluff and hoping the other side will blink first? If it's the latter that's all well and good but be aware that you'll more than likely be playing chicken on a recurring basis.

Furthermore, It might be a good idea to step up the moderation due to some of the more inflammatory comments being made and an even better idea would be for individual members to treat freedom of speech as a precious commodity that should be used judiciously. Remember, a judge or an impartial jury is not going to take your 20+ years as a frustrated fan into consideration...all they will see if and when evidence is presented is a screenshot of the forum where people are using inflammatory language that includes the words "gun", "bullet" and "die". Any impartial entity could easily conclude from such rantings that Prince's concerns are justified on that basis alone. I would urge anyone who claims to support this cause to consider that anything posted in these forums is potential evidence at this point. That includes the various postings in the M&M forum where everybody seems to be running around with their hair on fire with everything from suggestions of tarring and feathering on one side to the other extreme of people practically vowing to sacrifice their first born to their guitar playing savior!

Many of the comments posted put the fansites at risk of being viewed by any impartial entity as a bunch of lunatics.

My position remains the same...I believe the best remedy is a court of law where the parties can be compelled to put all of their cards on the table along with supporting arguments. Inasmuch as this remedy already exists, swindlers who pass themselves off as an internet policing organizations should not be empowered.

I appreciate that people are concerned and I support their right to comment but I'd still like to see folks take a collective deep breath and try real hard to look beyond Prince or any single individual and consider the implications of a corporate/politically controlled internet. We have already seen what it has meant for other media such as radio, television and print outlets. Is the internet the final frontier?

The FCC is already trying to rush through legislation that will expand the power of corporate media. I believe that it is corporate/political interests that will ultimately be served by so-called internet policing organizations and not the interests of artists or ordinary people.

Just sayin'...

It seems this topic has found its way into meida in the Ukraine and Spain

Try googling Princefansunited and see what comes up

I just updated the news today, oh boy...

Check out the front page, top of the news section. Prince has posted a new song via Shelby's MySpace page. Seems like this is his "response" to the PFU complaints...

He aint gonna let it ruin his day..... Screw Prince for real man. Am I making threats or just expressing my disgust?

Prince is simply disgusting. He honestly couldn't issue a press release and talk to us? He has to put out a cryptic song instead? I'm so through with him.

So let me get this straight, he puts out a song after all the crap of the last few days and everything is ok again?

And people think he is weird???

So let me get this straight, he puts out a song after all the crap of the last few days and everything is ok again?

And people think he is weird???

That's how pathetic his fams are. They cower in the corner like frightened rabbits because they actually voiced an opinion any opinion on Prince and they forget anything even happened as soon as he strings together some musical notes.

That's how pathetic his fams are. They cower in the corner like frightened rabbits because they actually voiced an opinion any opinion on Prince and they forget anything even happened as soon as he strings together some musical notes.

Aaron from HQ was on TV tonight. He talked a little bit about what they are threatening him with, and this is funny in light of recent remarks by the Web Sheriff playing the whole thing down, but get this ... they are telling Aaron he will go to jail for 3 years + pay a 300.000 euro fine.

I think its safe to assume that all three website owners are getting exactly the same treatment/threats

I read you said earlier the interview was on Dutch tv, was it in English or is it in Dutch and is it available on the net?

As for web sheriff, if you google them you come up with everything from successes to complete cock ups posted

One critic described them as "a joke" and several websites call for regulation of companies like theirs

Their public statements and emails they have sent to websites are contradictory which says it all frankly

As I said earlier, for prince it looks like a total public relations disaster

Aaron from HQ was on TV tonight. He talked a little bit about what they are threatening him with, and this is funny in light of recent remarks by the Web Sheriff playing the whole thing down, but get this ... they are telling Aaron he will go to jail for 3 years + pay a 300.000 euro fine.