I agree!

not a cent. how much did you get paid to be a brain donor?


If Prince didn't approve of this project, it wouldn't be released. You know why? Because the terms of him being released from his contract in 1996 were that he delivered Chaos & Disorder, The Vault (to be released later) and the right of WB to release one compilation, the date and contents of which were to be determined later (which ended up being The Very Best Of Prince).

In fact, when this CD was first announced last winter/spring, they actually HELD OFF on putting it out, because Prince requested that the tracklist be changed (he didn't want Erotic City and Sexy MF on there). Then they held off again while 3121 was released.


And even if he didn't approve of the project, why would it be bad for Warner Bros to release it? You act as if they're getting paid and Prince isn't. I have news for you, Prince gets paid every time his music is sold or used, whether it's a Warner Bros. release or not. It's called royalties.

Second, Warner Bros. isn't even owned by the same people as it was when Prince was signed to that label. And I have news for you, if there are ever going to be re-mastered re-issues of Prince's work from 1978-1996, it's going to be through Warner Bros., so you'd better get used to the idea of buying Prince material from them. If he wanted to own his masters so badly, he'd pony up the cash to buy them from Warner Bros. He sold them to them (via his contract), he should have to buy them back if he wants it. It isn't like Warner Bros. didn't put any work and money into making Prince a mega-star and mega-millionaire all those years he was signed to them. They ought to be getting SOMETHING of a return on their investment. As I said before, if Prince actually cared about owning his masters, he'd buy them like anyone else would have to, and since he's been "#1 at the bank" (his words) since 1996, then it really shouldn't be a problem for him to do it. Or he could have negotiated it at the time he was let out of his contract. Or he could have signed a new contract (for less money) with them when the time came that stipulated that ownership of the masters would be his. This is how many, many other big name acts have gained ownership of their master recordings. Why is Prince a special case? I can guarantee you that burning his bridges by completely severing ties with them and badmouthing them for a decade certainly hasn't done him any good with respect to getting back what he believes is rightfully his. Clearly he just wants to throw tantrums and have it handed over to him free and clear. Sorry, it doesn't work that way. Ford isn't coming to you and asking for your car back because they decided on a whim that they want to own everything that rightfully belongs to them. You bought the car. You own it. They bought the masters (at a pretty penny, no less), they own them. Until Prince is willing to shell out the dough for them instead of bitching and moaning about it, then all of his fans need to shut the fuck up and stop badmouthing Warner Bros. just to suck up to him.


But, of course, this is all moot, because Prince was involved in picking the tracks.

What makes YOU think that Prince didn't try to buy back ALL of his masters to begin with?

And BTW, when Prince did requested to buy them back, WB said no!

WhoA ya dont Like cream well i Disagree i like the song Cream

well tough shit for him then. he shouldn't have thrown a 10 year tantrum. i wouldn't sell them back to him at this point either, just to spite him.

not a cent. how much did you get paid to be a brain donor?

If Prince didn't approve of this project, it wouldn't be released. You know why? Because the terms of him being released from his contract in 1996 were that he delivered Chaos & Disorder, The Vault (to be released later) and the right of WB to release one compilation, the date and contents of which were to be determined later (which ended up being The Very Best Of Prince).


GUESS WHAT. IT IS A VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO HOLD ANYONE PRISONER TO ANYTHING. SUCH CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS R, BY HOLY LAW - DEFUNCT HOAXES. BASED ON REASON OF DISCONNECTED NEURONS IN ONE'S BRAIN THAT DOESNT CONNECT WITH THE SOURCE OF ALL PURE CLEAN UNADULTERATED HOLY LOGIC.



In fact, when this CD was first announced last winter/spring, they actually HELD OFF on putting it out, because Prince requested that the tracklist be changed (he didn't want Erotic City and Sexy MF on there). Then they held off again while 3121 was released.


And even if he didn't approve of the project, why would it be bad for Warner Bros to release it? You act as if they're getting paid and Prince isn't. I have news for you, Prince gets paid every time his music is sold or used, whether it's a Warner Bros. release or not. It's called royalties.

ROYALTIES WHICH PAID A MILLION TIMES OVER 4 ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO SAID RIGHTS AND MASTERS.

Second, Warner Bros. isn't even owned by the same people as it was when Prince was signed to that label. And I have news for you, if there are ever going to be re-mastered re-issues of Prince's work from 1978-1996, it's going to be through Warner Bros., so you'd better get used to the idea of buying Prince material from them.



[b]NO SORRY I WONT. BECAUSE I DONT DEAL WITH ILLEGAL CONTRACTS THAT VIOLATE THE BASIC RIGHTS OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT, SPIRITUAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, PARASITISM OR MONEY-BASED MOTIVATED HOAXES, DELIVERED WITH SOPHISTRY, DECEIT, AND A BULLYING-TYPE IMAGINED POWER OVER OTHERS.

SUCH CONTRACTS DO NOT STAND IN THE NEW WORLD BECAUSE THEY R FLAWED ACCORDING TO PURE REASON, JUSTICE, AND RESPECT.


If he wanted to own his masters so badly, he'd pony up the cash to buy them from Warner Bros. He sold them to them (via his contract), he should have to buy them back if he wants it.


THEY CANT OWN SOMETHING THEY DIDNT CREATE. WHETHER THEY PAID FOR THEM OR NOT - THEY TECHNICALLY DO NOT OWN THE INSIDES OF ANOTHER PERSONS MIND. AGAIN - PURE LOGIC. THIS R HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES. AND HOLY BUSINESS ISSUES PERTAINING TO WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS BLATANTLY WRONG WHEN PUFFING ONESELF UP IN ELITEST POWER WORSHIP OVER OTHER HUMAN BEINGS WITH THE RIGHT TO CREATE FREELY AND NOT BE HELD PRISONER WHILE DOING SO, OR ANY TIME THEREAFTER.

MANS LAWS R BOGUS HOAXES AND CAN B PROVEN AS SUCH IN ONE OF THEIR LITTLE COURTS OF LAW.

It isn't like Warner Bros. didn't put any work and money into making Prince a mega-star and mega-millionaire all those years he was signed to them.




NO ACTUALLY THEY DIDNT. THEY FINANCED THEIR OWN INTREST IN MAKING MONEY OFF SOMETHING THEY NEVER GAVE HIM OR PAID FOR AND NEVER WILL BE ABLE TO - HIS SPIRIT, HIS MIND, HIS BODY, HIS HEART.

LAST TIME I CHECKED, THEY DIDNT PAY FOR NONE OF THOSE THINGS. MONEY CANT BUY THEM. SO MUTE POINT.


They ought to be getting SOMETHING of a return on their investment.


THEY ALREADY HAVE A MILLION TIMES OVER AND WAY PAST WHAT THEY OR ANY RECORD COMPANY EVER DESERVES.


As I said before, if Prince actually cared about owning his masters, he'd buy them like anyone else would have to, and since he's been "#1 at the bank" (his words) since 1996, then it really shouldn't be a problem for him to do it.[/b] Or he could have negotiated it at the time he was let out of his contract. Or he could have signed a new contract (for less money) with them when the time came that stipulated that ownership of the masters would be his. This is how many, many other big name acts have gained ownership of their master recordings.



WRONG. ALL ARTISTS OWN THEIR RECORDINGS, MASTERS, PUBLISHING, THE SPLIT SECOND IS IT RECORDED. WHAT U R DECRIBING IS A BULLYING POWER BASED ON IGNORANCE, IT MAKES ARTISTS BELIEVE THEY DO NOT OWN THEIR WORK UNTIL THEY PAY FOR IT WITH MONEY. GUESS WHAT. ART DOESNT COME FROM RECORD COMPANIES. ALL THEY DO IS INVEST IN THE ART. THEY DO.NOT.OWN.IT. SO ANY RIGHTS OR MASTERS CANNOT BE SOLD BACK AND FORTH. IT IS AN ILLUSORY HOAX. ALL THEY'RE DOIN IS PLAYING WITH MONEY AT THE EXPENSE OF AN ARTISTS INTEGRITY, TALENT, SOUL, MIND AND HEART.

I'D CALL THAT PRETTY FUCKING EVIL WOULDNT YOU.


Why is Prince a special case? I can guarantee you that burning his bridges by completely severing ties with them and badmouthing them for a decade certainly hasn't done him any good with respect to getting back what he believes is rightfully his.



IT IS RIGHTFULLY HIS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN. HE CREATED IT. NEXT CHAPTER... GOD OWNS ALL OF IT. BUT IN MANS WORLD, PRINCE IS THE RIGHTFUL TECHNICAL OWNER OF ALL WORK, SIMPLY BY BIRTHRIGHT.

Clearly he just wants to throw tantrums and have it handed over to him free and clear. Sorry, it doesn't work that way.


YES IT DOES CUZ THEY DONT TECHNICALLY OWN IT. ITS GOT NUTHIN TO DO WITH THEIR LILY-LIVERED MONEY EITHER.


Ford isn't coming to you and asking for your car back because they decided on a whim that they want to own everything that rightfully belongs to them. You bought the car. You own it. They bought the masters (at a pretty penny, no less), they own them.



NO THEY DONT. LOVE FROM PRETTY PENELOPE ( PENNY )



Until Prince is willing to shell out the dough for them instead of bitching and moaning about it, then all of his fans need to shut the fuck up and stop badmouthing Warner Bros. just to suck up to him.


THIS IS ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT AND GOOD IN THE EYES OF BASIC HUMAN AND SPIRITUAL RIGHTS. RECORD COMPANIES R NOT CONNECTED TO THOSE VITAL FACTORS REQUIRED IN A HARMONIOUS SOCIETY OF ART AND BASIC RESPECT. FACT.

MONEY IS THEIR GOD. FACT. WHICH MAKES ANY POWER THEY THINK THEY HAVE - NON-EXISTENT IN THE REAL WORLD.



But, of course, this is all moot, because Prince was involved in picking the tracks.


AW GEE HOW KIND OF WB TO LET HIM DO THAT. THE STINK OF CORPORATE IGNORANCE IS WAFTING UP FROM THE BOWELS OF HELL. ONE CAN ONLY HOPE THEY ENJOY THEIR TIME CHASING THE FLAMES LICKING AT THEIR FEET. SO FAR, THEY MAINTAIN A DEFENSIVE POSITION, AND THANKFULLY SO, BECAUSE ANY ARTIST WHO SMELLED THE RECORD COMPANY COFFEE, WILL TAKE THAT BULLYING AS A SIGN TO STAY AWAY FROM THEM AND RELEASE THEIR OWN MUSIC, OWNED SOLEY BY THEM, ALL RIGHTS AND MASTERS OWNED SOLEY BY THEM, AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOD -FORCE MUSIC ACTUALLY COMES FROM, AND GIVE THEIR MUSIC AWAY ON THE INTERNET, CUTTING THE FOUL STENCH OF CORPORATE GREED AND LICENTIOUS BLACK MAGIC, OUT OF THE PICTURE COMPLETELY.


HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY SIR. SUGGESTED READING " LIFE IN A SOVEREIGN WORLD "

WhoA ya dont Like cream well i Disagree i like the song Cream

It's out here in Denver already.

Remember What he wrote on tha side of his face in the "Dolphon" Video trust me I know prince can be a pain at times but I got to side with the little man versus tha Coporation with their contracts that are Modern day slavery they get billions and you get millions if your Blessed like Prince is. Keep doing yo thing Purple one they gonna miss you when ur gone. come only once every thousands of years

I have to ask.... do you work for a company? That's how it works. Your employer makes the money, and pays you. It's no different for Prince. They hired him to perform a service, and they paid him handsomely for it.

looks like u got it backwards

the artist employs the record company

without artists, record companies wouldnt have a job

you should have just stopped there, because nobody with half a brain is going to read past this part.

without workers, your employer wouldn't exist, so....

i am sorry to hear that you are a crackpot with only half a brain.

it happens to only be the left hemisphere of your brain that is currently working.

when u soften up and get some scope, the right side will kick into gear just nicely

and u'll understand every word i said.



this is what reality looks like

songwriter > artist > record company > no record company... music still exists.

and without the people who make it, the people ur defending would be unemployed

see, if i'm signed to a label, and i dont wanna write no tunes nor sing no tunes, they dont get paid.

i am the primary generator of finances.

which makes me The Boss.

dig


now please, get educated on Pyramids of Power, before you continue to be nought more than mere fodder, for the likes of minds like mine.

and btw. any 'worker' that creates a product - Owns the product. its called 'Intellectual Property' and a bunch of other things.

it can hardly be likened to a factory worker who sits there makin nike shoes based on someone else's design.

the Artistic Visionary is the Core Generator.

repeat that 17 times.

a 'worker' does manual labour, like Record Companies do! runnin around takin the Visionary's Art to wherever it needs to go, kinda like WORKER BEES, or ANTS.

the Queen/King just sits there churnin out the Hits, watchin all the little workers get to it and do Their Job for them.

I Am a Musician, A Writer, A Producer, A Singer and a whole bunch of other things you cant even begin to imagine.

I Am The Boss.

you see every little idea i have is mine. no one else's. unless i let em believe so - out of pity.

cheers Sleepy.

and a nice bigg kiss for you. X

Remember What he wrote on tha side of his face in the "Dolphon" Video trust me I know prince can be a pain at times but I got to side with the little man versus tha Coporation with their contracts that are Modern day slavery they get billions and you get millions if your Blessed like Prince is. Keep doing yo thing Purple one they gonna miss you when ur gone. come only once every thousands of years

not a cent. how much did you get paid to be a brain donor?

If Prince didn't approve of this project, it wouldn't be released. You know why? Because the terms of him being released from his contract in 1996 were that he delivered Chaos & Disorder, The Vault (to be released later) and the right of WB to release one compilation, the date and contents of which were to be determined later (which ended up being The Very Best Of Prince).


GUESS WHAT. IT IS A VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO HOLD ANYONE PRISONER TO ANYTHING. SUCH CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS R, BY HOLY LAW - DEFUNCT HOAXES. BASED ON REASON OF DISCONNECTED NEURONS IN ONE'S BRAIN THAT DOESNT CONNECT WITH THE SOURCE OF ALL PURE CLEAN UNADULTERATED HOLY LOGIC.

You're totally and utterly mad.



In fact, when this CD was first announced last winter/spring, they actually HELD OFF on putting it out, because Prince requested that the tracklist be changed (he didn't want Erotic City and Sexy MF on there). Then they held off again while 3121 was released.


And even if he didn't approve of the project, why would it be bad for Warner Bros to release it? You act as if they're getting paid and Prince isn't. I have news for you, Prince gets paid every time his music is sold or used, whether it's a Warner Bros. release or not. It's called royalties.

ROYALTIES WHICH PAID A MILLION TIMES OVER 4 ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO SAID RIGHTS AND MASTERS.

Yeah, but Prince doesn't own them, he signed them away.

Second, Warner Bros. isn't even owned by the same people as it was when Prince was signed to that label. And I have news for you, if there are ever going to be re-mastered re-issues of Prince's work from 1978-1996, it's going to be through Warner Bros., so you'd better get used to the idea of buying Prince material from them.



[b]NO SORRY I WONT. BECAUSE I DONT DEAL WITH ILLEGAL CONTRACTS THAT VIOLATE THE BASIC RIGHTS OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT, SPIRITUAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, PARASITISM OR MONEY-BASED MOTIVATED HOAXES, DELIVERED WITH SOPHISTRY, DECEIT, AND A BULLYING-TYPE IMAGINED POWER OVER OTHERS.

SUCH CONTRACTS DO NOT STAND IN THE NEW WORLD BECAUSE THEY R FLAWED ACCORDING TO PURE REASON, JUSTICE, AND RESPECT.

It's not illegal, it's lawful. Spiritual Intellectual Property is made up by mad people with a screw loose. Pure reason dictates that when you sign a bit of paper selling your masters, you don't own them anymore! Common sense.


If he wanted to own his masters so badly, he'd pony up the cash to buy them from Warner Bros. He sold them to them (via his contract), he should have to buy them back if he wants it.


THEY CANT OWN SOMETHING THEY DIDNT CREATE. WHETHER THEY PAID FOR THEM OR NOT - THEY TECHNICALLY DO NOT OWN THE INSIDES OF ANOTHER PERSONS MIND. AGAIN - PURE LOGIC. THIS R HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES. AND HOLY BUSINESS ISSUES PERTAINING TO WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS BLATANTLY WRONG WHEN PUFFING ONESELF UP IN ELITEST POWER WORSHIP OVER OTHER HUMAN BEINGS WITH THE RIGHT TO CREATE FREELY AND NOT BE HELD PRISONER WHILE DOING SO, OR ANY TIME THEREAFTER.

MANS LAWS R BOGUS HOAXES AND CAN B PROVEN AS SUCH IN ONE OF THEIR LITTLE COURTS OF LAW.

Yes they can, just like I own a painting or any other material posession which has been created by somebody else.

It isn't like Warner Bros. didn't put any work and money into making Prince a mega-star and mega-millionaire all those years he was signed to them.




NO ACTUALLY THEY DIDNT. THEY FINANCED THEIR OWN INTREST IN MAKING MONEY OFF SOMETHING THEY NEVER GAVE HIM OR PAID FOR AND NEVER WILL BE ABLE TO - HIS SPIRIT, HIS MIND, HIS BODY, HIS HEART.

LAST TIME I CHECKED, THEY DIDNT PAY FOR NONE OF THOSE THINGS. MONEY CANT BUY THEM. SO MUTE POINT.

No, they made money from selling his records just like he did!


They ought to be getting SOMETHING of a return on their investment.


THEY ALREADY HAVE A MILLION TIMES OVER AND WAY PAST WHAT THEY OR ANY RECORD COMPANY EVER DESERVES.

So what!?


As I said before, if Prince actually cared about owning his masters, he'd buy them like anyone else would have to, and since he's been "#1 at the bank" (his words) since 1996, then it really shouldn't be a problem for him to do it.[/b] Or he could have negotiated it at the time he was let out of his contract. Or he could have signed a new contract (for less money) with them when the time came that stipulated that ownership of the masters would be his. This is how many, many other big name acts have gained ownership of their master recordings.



WRONG. ALL ARTISTS OWN THEIR RECORDINGS, MASTERS, PUBLISHING, THE SPLIT SECOND IS IT RECORDED. WHAT U R DECRIBING IS A BULLYING POWER BASED ON IGNORANCE, IT MAKES ARTISTS BELIEVE THEY DO NOT OWN THEIR WORK UNTIL THEY PAY FOR IT WITH MONEY. GUESS WHAT. ART DOESNT COME FROM RECORD COMPANIES. ALL THEY DO IS INVEST IN THE ART. THEY DO.NOT.OWN.IT. SO ANY RIGHTS OR MASTERS CANNOT BE SOLD BACK AND FORTH. IT IS AN ILLUSORY HOAX. ALL THEY'RE DOIN IS PLAYING WITH MONEY AT THE EXPENSE OF AN ARTISTS INTEGRITY, TALENT, SOUL, MIND AND HEART.

I'D CALL THAT PRETTY FUCKING EVIL WOULDNT YOU.

Wrong, if you sign a contract saying someone else owns them, you don't own anything.


Why is Prince a special case? I can guarantee you that burning his bridges by completely severing ties with them and badmouthing them for a decade certainly hasn't done him any good with respect to getting back what he believes is rightfully his.



IT IS RIGHTFULLY HIS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN. HE CREATED IT. NEXT CHAPTER... GOD OWNS ALL OF IT. BUT IN MANS WORLD, PRINCE IS THE RIGHTFUL TECHNICAL OWNER OF ALL WORK, SIMPLY BY BIRTHRIGHT.

It was his until he sold it all for profit.

Clearly he just wants to throw tantrums and have it handed over to him free and clear. Sorry, it doesn't work that way.


YES IT DOES CUZ THEY DONT TECHNICALLY OWN IT. ITS GOT NUTHIN TO DO WITH THEIR LILY-LIVERED MONEY EITHER.

Technically, they do.


Ford isn't coming to you and asking for your car back because they decided on a whim that they want to own everything that rightfully belongs to them. You bought the car. You own it. They bought the masters (at a pretty penny, no less), they own them.



NO THEY DONT. LOVE FROM PRETTY PENELOPE ( PENNY )



Until Prince is willing to shell out the dough for them instead of bitching and moaning about it, then all of his fans need to shut the fuck up and stop badmouthing Warner Bros. just to suck up to him.


THIS IS ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT AND GOOD IN THE EYES OF BASIC HUMAN AND SPIRITUAL RIGHTS. RECORD COMPANIES R NOT CONNECTED TO THOSE VITAL FACTORS REQUIRED IN A HARMONIOUS SOCIETY OF ART AND BASIC RESPECT. FACT.

MONEY IS THEIR GOD. FACT. WHICH MAKES ANY POWER THEY THINK THEY HAVE - NON-EXISTENT IN THE REAL WORLD.

They are a business, just like Prince is. He sold his masters to them for money. He wants them back, he must pay.



But, of course, this is all moot, because Prince was involved in picking the tracks.


AW GEE HOW KIND OF WB TO LET HIM DO THAT. THE STINK OF CORPORATE IGNORANCE IS WAFTING UP FROM THE BOWELS OF HELL. ONE CAN ONLY HOPE THEY ENJOY THEIR TIME CHASING THE FLAMES LICKING AT THEIR FEET. SO FAR, THEY MAINTAIN A DEFENSIVE POSITION, AND THANKFULLY SO, BECAUSE ANY ARTIST WHO SMELLED THE RECORD COMPANY COFFEE, WILL TAKE THAT BULLYING AS A SIGN TO STAY AWAY FROM THEM AND RELEASE THEIR OWN MUSIC, OWNED SOLEY BY THEM, ALL RIGHTS AND MASTERS OWNED SOLEY BY THEM, AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOD -FORCE MUSIC ACTUALLY COMES FROM, AND GIVE THEIR MUSIC AWAY ON THE INTERNET, CUTTING THE FOUL STENCH OF CORPORATE GREED AND LICENTIOUS BLACK MAGIC, OUT OF THE PICTURE COMPLETELY.


HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY SIR. SUGGESTED READING " LIFE IN A SOVEREIGN WORLD "

Bonkers, absolute bonkers.

Suggested reading: the BBC website. It's got all sorts of real life stuff on there like news and sport. You might find out you're on Earth if you do some research.

Tough shit, he signed the contract.