Printable LittlePill said: I guess I'm gonna have to go home and print off every fucking page now before they close. Maybe I can publish it and sell it and use the money to buy bootlegs.
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They should just mirror the site on several free web hosts, and each time they shut one down, throw it up on another. | |
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Interesting. Once again he repremands people for loving his music and spending time on sharing that love with other people. Creating a website takes TONS of time. YOU SHOULD APPRECIATE THAT, PRINCE.
I was reading a bit about the history of the site and noticed that it was originally modeled after a site dedicated to a TRUE artist, Tori Amos. http://www.geocities.com/...bdnew.html Right on the front page of that site it states: "Since the advent of home CD-burners, CD bootleg companies have pretty much all called it quits. It simply made no business sense for them to dodge the law anymore while home users and stores copied all the work they did anyway. New silver bootlegs have gone the way of the dinosaur." So what is the problem exactly? Bootleggers are out of business! NO ONE is loosing money! There are lots of sites where people download live mp3s like this: http://hereinmyhead.com/sounds/sw.html, and Tori doesn't mind!!! Plus, there is a community that trades WAVE files of FULL concerts! I don't have time for all that, but that fact that it exists and Tori is cool with it, just proves how much better she is than Prince. Hey Prince, I'm really sorry for having interest in your music. Please forgive me. | |
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Tom said: They should just mirror the site on several free web hosts, and each time they shut one down, throw it up on another.
yes! damn the (short) man!!!  | |
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TonyC said: BTW, I wish the operators of Guide2Prince.org would save their entire site in a big .rar file and share it on the Royal Hub, so at least fans still have access to the information.
There is another bootleg guide site that is even more current and I love it and use it most every day. I hope Prince's people don't find it and shut it down. I won't put the name here, but it is a great one. HI, want is another site I can go to? scotherd@hotmail.com | |
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rainbowchild7 said: TonyC said: BTW, I wish the operators of Guide2Prince.org would save their entire site in a big .rar file and share it on the Royal Hub, so at least fans still have access to the information.
There is another bootleg guide site that is even more current and I love it and use it most every day. I hope Prince's people don't find it and shut it down. I won't put the name here, but it is a great one. HI, want is another site I can go to? scotherd@hotmail.com  | |
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Tom said: They should just mirror the site on several free web hosts, and each time they shut one down, throw it up on another.
no, just host the thing with some anonymous webhoster .. there's plenty of 'm out there ... host your site in malaysia etc. "this especially prepared potato is called pomme de terre" | |
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freakyfeet said: Uptown stood up against him but he still didn't learn.
It's all about the $$$ for Prince.  i admire uptown for standin up to the Paisley Legal Mafioso and provin that his claims were total b.s.--perhaps others can follow suit and stand up against junk like this. it's like i've said numerous times before: prince should get up off his ass and release this stuff in a legit format so he will not HAVE to worry about bootleggers beating him at his own game! it ain't hard to fathom at all!! and what's the matter with informational websites, folks are supposed to be in the dark about stuff or what?  | |
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Handclapsfingasnapz said: freakyfeet said: Uptown stood up against him but he still didn't learn.
It's all about the $$$ for Prince. i admire uptown for standin up to the Paisley Legal Mafioso and provin that his claims were total b.s.--perhaps others can follow suit and stand up against junk like this. it's like i've said numerous times before: prince should get up off his ass and release this stuff in a legit format so he will not HAVE to worry about bootleggers beating him at his own game! it ain't hard to fathom at all!! and what's the matter with informational websites, folks are supposed to be in the dark about stuff or what? He doesn't want people to be able to compare his lame releases with the kick-ass material being put out,recorded by one guy and a tape-recorder in the audience. ... oooh the shame  The HQ-er formerly known as krokostimpy. | |
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zobilamouche said: Handclapsfingasnapz said: freakyfeet said: Uptown stood up against him but he still didn't learn.
It's all about the $$$ for Prince. i admire uptown for standin up to the Paisley Legal Mafioso and provin that his claims were total b.s.--perhaps others can follow suit and stand up against junk like this. it's like i've said numerous times before: prince should get up off his ass and release this stuff in a legit format so he will not HAVE to worry about bootleggers beating him at his own game! it ain't hard to fathom at all!! and what's the matter with informational websites, folks are supposed to be in the dark about stuff or what? He doesn't want people to be able to compare his lame releases with the kick-ass material being put out,recorded by one guy and a tape-recorder in the audience. ... oooh the shame exactly!  | |
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Prince is such an idiot sometimes  | |
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Poor decision!
everyday, I am more convinced that Prince is farther from us and from the guy who once brought good things to our lives. I think that there's no way back to what he used to be... he has once been an oustanding artist, now...who is he? It is a shame!!! | |
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Pearl Jam sells every one one of their live shows on CD through their fan club. You can even download mp3s of the show the night after the show. | |
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It's been a long, long time since I've truly cared about Prince & his music. Every time I check out the news, there's another reason to not give a monkey's fuck. This is a big reason. The man is a delusional, paranoid, selfish twit. Embrace your fans, don't sodomize them with your Watchtower booklets... "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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Handclapsfingasnapz said: zobilamouche said: Handclapsfingasnapz said: freakyfeet said: Uptown stood up against him but he still didn't learn.
It's all about the $$$ for Prince. i admire uptown for standin up to the Paisley Legal Mafioso and provin that his claims were total b.s.--perhaps others can follow suit and stand up against junk like this. it's like i've said numerous times before: prince should get up off his ass and release this stuff in a legit format so he will not HAVE to worry about bootleggers beating him at his own game! it ain't hard to fathom at all!! and what's the matter with informational websites, folks are supposed to be in the dark about stuff or what? He doesn't want people to be able to compare his lame releases with the kick-ass material being put out,recorded by one guy and a tape-recorder in the audience. ... oooh the shame exactly! Instead of a Bible-study, he should have a businesslunch with the sab and premium-people and learn how it's done. 
Larry can do the catering... 
And scedule a talk with Noam Chomsky; so that he gets up to speed with what's going on in the world instead of giving hippie -speeches. Doesn't he realize... janis is already dead  The HQ-er formerly known as krokostimpy. | |
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Prince,you are such a dick.
Your fanbase is smaller with every passing day,and what do you do?Screw'em.Very smart. | |
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Prince,you are such a dick.
Your fanbase is smaller with every passing day,and what do you do?Screw'em.Very smart. | |
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I think that by talking about and reviewing boots, you are in a sense soliciting them as it encourages your demand and need to look for them.
However, the best way to stop demand for bootlegs is for him to release the unreleased stuff himself, something which we all try to encourage. An alternative is perhaps the bootleggers pay a percentage of their money to Prince, but then he would probably sue them for selling them in the first place. I didnt realise Prince had all these unreleased songs until I heard them, and when I did I was surprised how good they are (even better than some released songs), so I feel he should maybe start to put them out. | |
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SaintPauli said: seems like there is a legit complaint from prince about the site. although i do not agree with what he did. but it seems as though that site is set up for the sole purpose of bootleg trading, no?
YES -- your right, the site reads like its "telling" tht it does not know where the boots are. It is kind of assuming that most fans know where the boots are. Why would a site discuss boots and think they are not promoting the sale of illegal recordings, don't fool yourself they are promoting illegal material. That is just plain wrong. Aren't most boots just crappy audio anyway? | |
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slm4m said: SaintPauli said: seems like there is a legit complaint from prince about the site. although i do not agree with what he did. but it seems as though that site is set up for the sole purpose of bootleg trading, no?
YES -- your right, the site reads like its "telling" tht it does not know where the boots are. It is kind of assuming that most fans know where the boots are. Why would a site discuss boots and think they are not promoting the sale of illegal recordings, don't fool yourself they are promoting illegal material. That is just plain wrong. Aren't most boots just crappy audio anyway? Sheeet! What R U smoking??? | |
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eleven said: slm4m said: SaintPauli said: seems like there is a legit complaint from prince about the site. although i do not agree with what he did. but it seems as though that site is set up for the sole purpose of bootleg trading, no?
YES -- your right, the site reads like its "telling" tht it does not know where the boots are. It is kind of assuming that most fans know where the boots are. Why would a site discuss boots and think they are not promoting the sale of illegal recordings, don't fool yourself they are promoting illegal material. That is just plain wrong. Aren't most boots just crappy audio anyway? Sheeet! What R U smoking??? If I were an artist and you stole recordings from me and then discussed them on a internet site -- I would be more than a little angry. It's illegal, no two ways about it. | |
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Well, if you really want Prince to stand up and listen...hit him where it counts. Don't buy his official shit anymore and stop signing up for the B.S. club membership and let him know that he is affecting his fanship. All we do is support him and follow him and try to get our hands on anything he does. He should think of this as compliments to him and his art. Instead he thinks we are stealing from him and his vault. Not hardly!!! We have supported him thru the years. Again, if it wasn't for bootlegs and live shows, I would have stopped following Prince along time ago with all the wacked out bullshit he has been pulling on the plublic and his fans.
Oh well, maybe people will wake up and stop spending their money to support his so-called cause. Slave my ass! He has always been in charge of his own destiny. He just can't control everyone else too. |
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slm4m said: eleven said: slm4m said: SaintPauli said: seems like there is a legit complaint from prince about the site. although i do not agree with what he did. but it seems as though that site is set up for the sole purpose of bootleg trading, no?
YES -- your right, the site reads like its "telling" tht it does not know where the boots are. It is kind of assuming that most fans know where the boots are. Why would a site discuss boots and think they are not promoting the sale of illegal recordings, don't fool yourself they are promoting illegal material. That is just plain wrong. Aren't most boots just crappy audio anyway? Sheeet! What R U smoking??? If I were an artist and you stole recordings from me and then discussed them on a internet site -- I would be more than a little angry. It's illegal, no two ways about it. True, whoever stole his recordings should be punished/taken down...BUT, the people who are running the G2P.org are NOT the ones who STOLE his music, they're just discussing what was made available. I really think Prince's energies have been misdirected at those who are not the enemy. He has villified his fans for discussing the joys of his music. | |
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 Oh boy not again!! | |
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So where are the lawyers offering their pro bono legal services? There's at least a case to be made.
No one seems to have offered anything beyond baseless opinion on the legality of the site. Where's someone who actually knows the relevant legal implications? Deane can be contacted from the g2p.org site... | |
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slm4m said: If I were an artist and you stole recordings from me and then discussed them on a internet site -- I would be more than a little angry. It's illegal, no two ways about it. Nice non-seqitur there. Or are you really accusing the people who run Prince.org from stealing recordings from Prince. It isn't illegal to discuss bootlegs...no two ways about it. | |
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If only Prince would release (or even record?!) some good FUNK music these days instead of shutting down websites AGAIN  One day soon EVERYONE's dayum Fonky! | |
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I am bored with Prince - it's been like that since 1988, nothing really great about the man just an empty shell.
Fed up with his religon, control over his music, just boring. His control on websites is silly - if he wanted his music to be free where is it? NPG that's a laugh. The only good releases that Prince didn't release was the outtakes. Moonraker did it instead, the triple set outtakes, the 1977 demos, the rebel outtakes etc... 2004 will be another boring year for Prince, Purple Rain DVD more $$$ for Prince - 2cd set also more $$$ Fams grow up and stop buying into this mixed up man! | |
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slm4m said: eleven said: slm4m said: SaintPauli said: seems like there is a legit complaint from prince about the site. although i do not agree with what he did. but it seems as though that site is set up for the sole purpose of bootleg trading, no?
YES -- your right, the site reads like its "telling" tht it does not know where the boots are. It is kind of assuming that most fans know where the boots are. Why would a site discuss boots and think they are not promoting the sale of illegal recordings, don't fool yourself they are promoting illegal material. That is just plain wrong. Aren't most boots just crappy audio anyway? Sheeet! What R U smoking??? If I were an artist and you stole recordings from me and then discussed them on a internet site -- I would be more than a little angry. It's illegal, no two ways about it. it's not illegal, it's called freedom of speech. the only way it would be illegal would be if they were dealing them or providing the opportunity to others to deal them Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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prince is a fuckin' chump. | |
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