Hey what do you guys think about Prince not allowing his videos on youtube, do you agree or think it should be on there? and why

no.

his vids- his choice

i dont agree, but what can u do

it would be nice to see some of the old videos again.

and some of the new ones 4 that matter

I disagree and I think it's his loss!

Erika2k8 said:

If he made the music or video he owns the rights to it and do what he wants. simple.
No confusion here.

Box said:

youtube has not been a feature in my life that I have needed.

Oddly, his stuff is all over Imeem. Wonder what the difference is.

He has no idea how many fans he's lost or potential fans that never came to be from this.

Plenty of people my age have come to me saying they can't find any of his work to view or listen to on the net because he deleted the majority of it.

You want us to support real music, Prince?

Let us.

I wish he would just release a Videos DVD with all of his Videos like other artists do. That Diamonds & Pearls DVD was great...but how about all of the others..??

I support Prince in all of his decisionz,so if he doesn't want the vidz there,then so b it.4tunately,I have most of the stuff,so it really doesn't bother me.

Well, if performances from the LoveSexy tour or RRHOF were on youtube, I'm pretty sure it would win him a ton of converts.


At least much more so than ...erm that stupid "Pfunk" nonsense on iTunes.

Imago said:

Exactly!

I think it sorta sux. It is his music, but I am the fan.

2freaky4church1 said:

Now that you made that statement don't be surprised if its taken down by tommorow... Kinda sux cuz that's where I go to listen/watch P stuff.

As an artist myself I think of it as more promotion using YouTube and I would have no problem with my stuff being on there and viewed. It can't be a money issue cuz I don't think P is hurting for cash...Just artistic decision making I guess.

SEXYMF2002 said:

Exactly. Please both edit your posts before it's too late.
[Edited 4/5/08 22:13pm]

I've elaborated on this before, so I'll be brief here: IPRs rule.

C'mon, kids, try to keep a secret. Littl Brother is watching.

To hell with youtube! There are a lot better sites that DO have his videos, trust me!

ToraToraDreams said:

somebody sure as hell is!

i posted a vid on here...no prince music..no prince tags..just images & with very obscure title - buffety buff!
i brought this 2 nobody elses attention & within days it was removed from youtube! (it was crap i must admit) but...

of course we should b able 2 c prince vids on youtube! this is 2008 ffs!
[Edited 4/6/08 5:47am]

Box said:

Darling, would you like to elaborate?

2freaky4church1 said:

Oh well done!

I'd just like to be able to see them...it doesn't have to be youtube and maybe it even shouldn't be youtube...but if he had them up on his own site as a "pay to download" or even had them on DVD I would be happy to buy them...but it's possibly not about money for him...maybe he has other reasons not to put them out there...another vision...

...but if he does decide to "take advance orders" I'll take the entire Septimo show...

syrinx7 said:

21 nites in london- 21 dvd's

yes please

prb hands princey a cheque

would love a dvd with all the musicvid's
many video's on non-YouTube sites..

prb said:

That's a great idea!

I think it's ridiculous they are unavailable! Especially to the extent of what he has been allowed or felt the need to take control over.

I can maybe see some justification on unnofficial stuff, but to stop allowing pro shot promo videos, which lets face it are made to promote a track/album/artist etc. is a form of Mentalism even I can't understand!!!

Jeffiner said:

This is the part where I can't roll with Prince at all. This is so wrong on so many levels. The man has an incredibly bad habit of cutting his nose despite his face and this is proof. I totally understand why he wouldn't want bootleg stuff on there, cause they shouldn't be, regardless as to how incredible those performances were but for regular people not being able to see regular music videos or performances that we're on award shows or even the Super Bowl performance? That's not right at all. Why is it even wrong for this stuff to be on? He is losing on sales, he's not gaining fans, hell he might be losing fans over this and he's making himself look so incredibly stupid. Unfortunately, this doesn't stop Prince from doing what he's doing and for once I wish it did. I love Prince dearly but this is disgusting and Prince needs to get his head out of his ass with this one ASAP.

purplecam said:

finally, some sense. I thought the man was doing this out of PR, bad PR is PR too... but for me, as a fan, is dissapointing...