The above website which ran the image challenge has removed it following the threat of legal action.

http://www.b3ta.com/

Oh Dear !

see my siggy-quote below

"Under threat of legal action from Princes legal team of "potential closure of your web site" - We have removed the Prince image challenge and B3ta apologises unreservedly to AEG / NPG and Prince for any offence caused. We also ask our members to avoid photoshoping Prince and posting them on our boards."



I say we start a class action lawsuit against Prince for pretending to be Superstar! I'm sure we can convince a judge that's false advertising!

TheRainbowChild said:

He should have rammed them for that stunt... Princey is too nice..

pplrain said:

Think he should shut down "The Prince Show" on SNL then?
Dave Chapelle, and anyone else who's ever parodied him?

Man can't take a joke. He is a joke! (cf. Ahdio show #1)


[Edited 11/14/07 12:55pm]

I seen some of the images on their where some could be seen as funny their was one in particular of a Lazy Town Character (which is a childrens program) called Stephanie now this girl actor is only about 13, anyway they added prince's image and made it animated as so prince was performing a sex act on her.

To me this was vulgar and the poster who posted it must of been Perverted in the first place to even do it, Im glad Princes team has done something right in this instance.

Funny.... Prince made a career forged on being offensively explicit with his breakthrough "Dirty Mind" which had "Head" and "Sister". He continued to be a very instigative artist that released many offensive explicit songs and images and performances that even led to the Parental Warning sticker....

These days, though, many youngsters don't even know any of this, they think of Prince as ole Walt Disney...

especially with the current news!

ufoclub said:

Yeah i really love the Dirty Songs, but the point is the image wasnt funny, some were but that image

cream72 said:

but that's the world of new designers and artists, there is no conservatism, no holding back... it's about being a punk ass in yo face insult parody with creativity that slaps. Personally I thought the only one that went too far was the one about the baby (very offensive and horrible), but I still DON'T believe any of it should be censored or controlled. It's the truth, it's what people are thinking. It's what people created to express themselves about a public pop figure.

i thought most of the images were hilarious & very creative. they made me laugh when i was feeling particularly hateful...
didnt c any kid stuff. theres no excuse 4 tht. should have been filtered straight away.. the dolphin cracked me up

cream72 said:

I thought the one of him in the hospital witnessing the birth of his son was WRONG as hell BUT the rest weren't! They were funny as hell. They made me laugh harder than I've laughed in years!

Why penalize everything because of one or two things? That is censorship!!! Totally unacceptable and inexcusable!! If the laws of the land penalized everyone based on the actions of one or two...none of us would be free! If the entertainment industry had adopted this stance, there'd have been no other musical artists after Prince did "Dirty Mind"!

He's a hypercritical disappointment, plain and simple!! I'm sure if we took a poll of the people that listened to music back then, there were many who were offended by "Head" and "Sister"!!

ufoclub said:

There is a difference between parody and downright humiliation.
The internet to me is akin to lawless Afghanistan or Iraq. It is out of control.
[Edited 11/14/07 16:05pm]

SexyBeautifulOne said:

You obviously have NO idea of copyright laws!

SexyBeautifulOne said:

i don't know what this website is, but i gather that they take your picture and photoshop it in funny and sometimes offensive ways? am I right? if this is so, how does artistic expression, such as in the song Head and Sister compare? that's two different things. does this website actually use the artist image? If I was him and I saw that shit about the baby you best believe I will take action.
[Edited 11/14/07 16:16pm]

cream72 said:

Count ourselves lucky it wasn't Maka Paka!

pplrain said:

Because the US have lost control of both?

SquirrelMeat said:

Nice try Squirrel but don't entice me into going there with you... I'm not in the mood ... hate the damn gas prices... hate Bush... hate Iraq...

TheRainbowChild said:

Prince is pathetic

pplrain said:

You have no idea.....one for the politics forum!

pplrain said:

WRONG!! The images used were protected under the "Fair Use" as protected under the Copyright law...what they were used to illustrate is what I found offense! However, I will defend their right to use those images even though I'm wasn't PLEASED in the manner with which they were used!

I will agree that those particular images and the intent behind them was meant to hurt Prince and nothing else, which was wrong, morally, but I will agree that the poster had every right to post what they felt, regardless of how offensive i felt they were and if I wasn't pissed at Prince, for being a utter moron, I would have gladly posted something that would have countered it!!

Good! I didn't believe someone here was DUMB enough to post the address, if you want someone to know something send the a note and tell them to pass it on. I know they have computers in the mental hospitals but these folks are too damn crazy!
The websheriff doesn't even have to workhard for the information because these people GIVE IT AWAY!
[Edited 11/14/07 17:59pm]
[Edited 11/16/07 5:20am]

THOUGHT NAZI'S!

yall know I'm all about copyright, fair use, parody, etc...but I'm sorry that pic of the baby went waaaay to far. that was down right horrid.

SexyBeautifulOne said:

You're still wrong... do some research please...

pplrain said:

On what exactly?

SexyBeautifulOne said:

On copyright laws as it applies to copyrighted images...

I hate Web Sheriff, and Prince for using that service. I also hate greedy lawyers. Prince doesn't know how to take a joke -- he only knows how to tell them.

Good thing I saved most of the images.

pplrain said:

The images themselves were protected by the "Fair Use" stipulation as guaranteed by the Copyright Law...because I found their intent offensive doesn't mean that they violated the Copyright Law...so please Enlightened One...tell me what I'm missing!

I scored a 14/16 on their shemale test.