I look at it this way.

Youtube has become the place where people express themselves by posting clips of things they enjoy and want others to see. Some of these clips are new and original, and some are works owned by someone else. However, no money is changing hands, and what is basically going on is that people have a way to express what they enjoy and don't enjoy. That's all that's really happening here. All the power and money remains with the original creators -- Prince is still rich, film executives are still driving in sports cars, and people living paycheck to paycheck are still doing so.

As far as copyrights go... the digital age has made copyright law obselete. Maybe that's the way it should be... it seems to be the will of the people. So be it. In the old days, copyright law was relevant, allowing executives and huge corporations to rake in the money and control the distribution of things. And what did they do? Price fix music. What else? Buy up radio and control it by playing the same 10 songs over and over. Technology allowed people to squash the control and therefore get control back, effectively making this kind of control obsolete.

Copyright law is obsolete, the way it should be now. The end.

I look at it this way.

Youtube has become the place where people express themselves by posting clips of things they enjoy and want others to see. Some of these clips are new and original, and some are works owned by someone else. However, no money is changing hands, and what is basically going on is that people have a way to express what they enjoy and don't enjoy. That's all that's really happening here. All the power and money remains with the original creators -- Prince is still rich, film executives are still driving in sports cars, and people living paycheck to paycheck are still doing so.

As far as copyrights go... the digital age has made copyright law obselete. Maybe that's the way it should be... it seems to be the will of the people. So be it. In the old days, copyright law was relevant, allowing executives and huge corporations to rake in the money and control the distribution of things. And what did they do? Price fix music. What else? Buy up radio and control it by playing the same 10 songs over and over. Technology allowed people to squash the control and therefore get control back, effectively making this kind of control obsolete.

Copyright law is obsolete, the way it should be now. The end.

I look at it this way.

Youtube has become the place where people express themselves by posting clips of things they enjoy and want others to see. Some of these clips are new and original, and some are works owned by someone else. However, no money is changing hands, and what is basically going on is that people have a way to express what they enjoy and don't enjoy. That's all that's really happening here. All the power and money remains with the original creators -- Prince is still rich, film executives are still driving in sports cars, and people living paycheck to paycheck are still doing so.

As far as copyrights go... the digital age has made copyright law obselete. Maybe that's the way it should be... it seems to be the will of the people. So be it. In the old days, copyright law was relevant, allowing executives and huge corporations to rake in the money and control the distribution of things. And what did they do? Price fix music. What else? Buy up radio and control it by playing the same 10 songs over and over. Technology allowed people to squash the control and therefore get control back, effectively making this kind of control obsolete.

Copyright law is obsolete, the way it should be now. The end.

Whatever they said, he deserves it for pulling such a douchebag stunt.

Raze said:

They're tearing him a new one.Some of those comments are outrageous,but be brought this on himself.

I look at it this way.

Youtube has become the place where people express themselves by posting clips of things they enjoy and want others to see. Some of these clips are new and original, and some are works owned by someone else. However, no money is changing hands, and what is basically going on is that people have a way to express what they enjoy and don't enjoy. That's all that's really happening here. All the power and money remains with the original creators -- Prince is still rich, film executives are still driving in sports cars, and people living paycheck to paycheck are still doing so.

As far as copyrights go... the digital age has made copyright law obselete. Maybe that's the way it should be... it seems to be the will of the people. So be it. In the old days, copyright law was relevant, allowing executives and huge corporations to rake in the money and control the distribution of things. And what did they do? Price fix music. What else? Buy up radio and control it by playing the same 10 songs over and over. Technology allowed people to squash the control and therefore get control back, effectively making this kind of control obsolete.

Copyright law is obsolete, the way it should be now. The end.

Damn, that was some vicious shit! I only read half the comments before I just had to stop reading.

Prince is a washed up piece of monkey shit. He or she is lucky that anyone is even watching or listening to any his music

and just maybe you might see the GENIUS that is PRINCE.

OK, I finally got the link to load and read the comments. Those are really some ignorant motherfuckers. I mean a bunch of no taste shit hop listening motherfuckers making comments like "Prince sucks, who would want to buy his music anyway". I mean, really, like their opinion of music really matters anyway since they don't listen to actual "music". They didn't surprise me though.

All those "fag" comments really pissed me off though. I tried twice to post...."If you are tired of homosexuality being shoved down your throat, then bend over so we can shove it up your ass"....but it wouldn't go through. Damn, I hate homophobic bastards.

vainandy said:

Oh lawd

1sexymf said:

yea..hard 2 read ain't it. It felt like somebody was talkin about a cousin of mine.

OK, I finally got the link to load and read the comments. Those are really some ignorant motherfuckers. I mean a bunch of no taste shit hop listening motherfuckers making comments like "Prince sucks, who would want to buy his music anyway". I mean, really, like their opinion of music really matters anyway since they don't listen to actual "music". They didn't surprise me though.

All those "fag" comments really pissed me off though. I tried twice to post...."If you are tired of homosexuality being shoved down your throat, then bend over so we can shove it up your ass"....but it wouldn't go through. Damn, I hate homophobic bastards.

I love it! Apparently, someone from the org made a post over there because they used my term "shit hop" in their post when they referred to the state of today's music. That's OK though, I don't mind lending the term out for a good cause.

I love it! Apparently, someone from the org made a post over there because they used my term "shit hop" in their post when they referred to the state of today's music. That's OK though, I don't mind lending the term out for a good cause.

Okay, let's cut through all the bull and can you guys answer this one question with a simple answer:

Why should Youtube be allowed to make money off of Prince's work without his permission?

How can a non-musician discuss the future of music from anything other than a consumer point of view???

These people who are defending Youtube need to take a step back and look at the facts. Youtube is making money off of artist's hard work!

It's easy to defend Youtube because these people are getting something cool for free. Then when you want to take it away they get all pissy.

When I used to travel to colleges and perform music, sometimes the only money I would make would be from CD sales. I would literally NEED that money to find a hotel or buy gas to get to the next town. I was really living show to show. You cannot understand how PISSED I would get when some dumb drunk college student would be falling over at the merch table and say, "I love your music! I'll download your stuff online or just burn it from a friend. I'm a poor college student."

Sure, I was definitely flattered they liked my music and I completely understood that burning my CDs would certainly get the word out. But I felt JIPPED. I worked really hard to entertain those spoiled brats and I should have been compensated. Nothing, I mean NOTHING, would piss me off more than the whiny phrase "POOR COLLEGE STUDENT

People also used I'm a POOR COLLEGE STUDENT when defending how they would use Napster in their dorms as if downloading music was no more important then ripping off toilet paper in the dorm bathroom when they took a dump.

Sorry, I am really venting right now, but I totally defend Prince in this. People steal and steal and get things for free for so long and then when you finally take a stand (radical man) they resist as if they were entitled to it all along.

Poor college student, my ass! In 4 years you will still be just as dumb and drunk as you are now, but you will have a good 6-figure job. But the musicians that WORK JUST AS HARD AT THEIR CRAFT AS YOU DO AT YOURS will still be out there peddling CDs to a bunch of bratty frats kids.

^^I hope not! I'm thinking that maybe the people making these comments are just teenage girls that know nothing about Prince. But even that scares me because it shows me he has lost ALL APPEAL 2 the young audience. Once that happens...the end is near.... commercially speaking.

berniejobs said:

i'm a college student and i'm downloading 1999 illegally right now.

just for you.