I guess after all this time we should be used to Prince's continued desire to have complete control over his online fanbase.

It's just each time he does some dicky thing like this you think "Damn, how can he be so petty"

Prince can be such a JERK!!!!!

I visit both sites and u can believe they have some lickass fans over at NPGMC. They even mention the org. I had 2 keep my composure. U have a few members on the NPGMC that r always running there mouth. All they do is visit the different sites and report back 2 NPG on what is being said and done on these web sites and it doesn’t take a blind person 2 know who is guilty of the spying. The reason I say this is because if u go 2 NPGMC u will have the same big mouth person answering on each post.

pennylover said:

Oh please! Pretty much everybody is on all the sites and if not, they read them all. Can we just stop frontin'?

pennylover said:

Oh please! Pretty much everybody is on all the sites and if not, they read them all. Can we just stop frontin'?

TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said:

True.....I said that because I took the time 2 read each post. U have a few people arguing back and forth with each person in such a negative way that gave me the impression that they’re also guilty (if that’s what u call it) of down loading videos from HQ like everyone else, then go 2 NPG and talk nothing but shit like they wouldn’t dare do such a thing.
If I’m out of line 4 feeling his way then so be it…. that’s how I feel and that’s my opinion and I do have one……

i dont.....but laurarichardson think im a power hungry mod so i guess that balances the universe out...

sosgemini said:

DAMMIT, *I* want to be the power hungry mod! quit bogarting my schtick!

What are the videos NPGMC object to being shared on the site? TV performances? Promos?

seriously, i checked out HQ's complaints regarding NPGMC's most recent requests, and i came away from it with three thoughts:

1) i know i won't be sitting at the popular kids' table after this, but...i think it's well within NPGMC's rights to dictate what's done with its logos and with the photographs/illustrations/logos that it produces. to a certain extent, the internet is kind of like 'the wild frontier' in that you can't control all the material all the time, and everyone's gonna sneak off with SOMEthing you post on the web...but when a site appropriates something like the NPG logo, or when they manipulate photography produced specifically for a prince album, and when those appropriations are carried through not just by a user of the site, but by the designers and owners of the site, then i see no reason why they shouldn't be answerable to the owners of those images when they bring on the clampdown with regards to other people using their intellectual property.

2) not for nothin', but i harbor sincere doubts as to how unpleasant the missive from NPGMC must have been, though i could be wrong about this. it's always unpleasant to be slapped on the wrist for something, no matter how polite or diplomatic you try to be about it. considering the offerings of photo exclusives NPGMC has offered HQ in the past, i'd hardly suspect the club's webmasters have it in for HQ. again: i could be way off-track about this. but i don't think so. and i'm NOT saying HQ is lying or distorting any facts - i'm just saying that sometimes perspective can be a motherfucker.

3) this isn't the first time we've seen this happen - not only with HQ but with other sites as well. seems to happen in between releases of new prince product, right when fans are at their most restless, right when it's easiest to whip us all into a froth over whatEVER. do you think this is coincidence?

really, i wish nothing but the best for the HQ folks, and i hope that in this latest round of general squawking amongst all involved, the folks at NPGMC remember the virtues of grace and mercy. it's all supposed to be about having fun, isn't it?

for the rest of us, i would like to humbly recommend discussing this latest round of unpleasantness with as much respectful calm and proportionately dispassionate debate as can be mustered. seems we always have a kneejerk reaction whenever something like this happens, and this time maybe we can learn by being a little analytical and questioning what we question. not tellin' ya what to think or anything...i'm just sayin'.

I'm not sure NPGMC/Prince fully realise the large volume of free promotion they are given by Prince.org and Housequake.com.

MetroArea said:

consider prince's regard for people doing things in a manner which is not of his own design. for better or for worse - there ya go.

After reading ALL the lovely posts from the various websites....


U know I find it funny


If ANYTHING bad happens in the Prince community legal wise...

All the sudden folks wanna act like Perry Mason...



And if u DON'T know who Perry Mason is...

Then you are too young to be on this website...




Sorry I had 2 lighten the mood...

and i think we should also consider the fact that exclusive pictures were given to Housequake previously..thats gotta show for something..

sosgemini said:

a false sense of security, s'more like it. when they gave 'em those pix i knew somethin was up right away. it was just too good to be true.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

but if HQ was so adamant about retaining an independent, "for you but not of you" attitude, why did they accept the pics from NPGMC in the first place? did they really think (or did they really expect US to think) that the gesture from NPGMC was truly strings-free? when has prince ever ever EVER given up anything to an unofficial fan site that didn't come with some kind of deal or price?

i have no idea, but it all gave me an uneasy sorta feeling. nice gesture on their behalf, but still...