Agree. IPRs rule!

gurdet said:

mentalist said:

Water vapor is a greenhouse gas.

Bottom line is every artist who plays at Coachella has the option to let their set be webcast. Prince chose not to have his set webcast.

If you don't like it, sue him.

Yes, let's go with the flo. Gotta be flexible to love this one... but it's a pleasure [at least for me:)]

toejam said:

I give up.

why is no one on this forum is allowed an opinion???

RumAndRaisin said:

what do you mean no one?, if no one did we would not have an active forum. I'm justing stating my opinion, it by no means should stop anybody from stating there in agreeing or opposed to my statement.

to me, if i believed a musician does not care about fans, they way some peole here believe then its time to move on, no need to dwell on it. i dont see the point. some people dwell on it for years and still continue to follow his career.
[Edited 4/24/08 14:22pm]

RumAndRaisin said:

I just gave my opinion. Lord knows you won't shut up about yours.

I don't see how Prince's career choices affects you, me, or anyone else here.

Whatever business decision Prince has made in the past year has no affect on how I listen to his music.

If you want my honest opinion as to why Prince is doing what he's doing. I think it's because he watched his father make horrible deals when he was growing up, and he doesn't want to be taken advantage of the way his dad was.

He's also made reference his heroes like Little Richard & James Brown being screwed over by record companies. When he said that "they used to get Little Richard for a bucket of chicken & a new Caddy". He was referring to when record companies would give black artists cars instead of paying royalties.

I think a lot of what he's doing stems from a fear of being taken advantage of. He doesn't wanna make the same mistakes his heroes made.

It has nothing to do with his religion, 'cause he's been this way his entire career. I'm tired of people blaming Prince's religion when he does things they don't want him to do.

well if true then he has no right to whine about the inevitable bootlegs that'll appear. Once again he plays right into the hands of the bootleggers!.

If money were the motive would you not sell it with pay-per view. How much money did they charge for that certain one punch fight quite a while back?

Paris9748430 said:

ive said it once.

"Lord knows you won't shut up about yours. " implies me saying "why wont doesent he release dvd's or allow live streams" at least 5 times

This is just my opinion, but it seems that sometimes people take things being said way too personally when its not even about them...and even if that person does make a comment about u specifically, why let it bother u? They dont know u on a personal level

ANyway, just a thought

Tame said:

That will cost u $1.50 after tax, its the rising cost due to carbon footprints of airplanes these days

*yawn*
I've only been in this little fandom for 11 months and I'm so use to stuff like this by now, its like water off a ducks back with me.
Little brother's just hurting himself more than me with stuff like this.
Of course its stupid...but...I somehow don't care.
No, "don't care" is the wrong term to use...
Because I can totally feel what everyone is saying.
But then...I just don't get that deep off into it.

I think he's beat me.

ToraToraDreams said:

No he hasnt beaten u. Im the same in a way, kind of in the middle of things if u like. I adore the man for his talent, he's definantly easy on the eyes and Im just hooked enought to have a symbol tattoo....oaky two...but he is not so deeply entrenched in my life that every little thing he does affects me

chillichocaholic said:

That's how I feel I suppose - and I have some tattoo's to match too!!!!


Also this from PARIS9748430

"Whatever business decision Prince has made in the past year has no affect on how I listen to his music"


Well said!!!

deepabove said:

Stay out of this, Prince.

What an asshole. He was approaching relevance again by performing, but dismisses that with this absurd egomania & censorship. What is aired by the festival organizers should have been out of his control as soon as he signed on the dotted line. Now, only select people who paid for the overpriced tickets will be able to see this, when a much larger audience could have been exposed to & enjoyed his music. What an asshole.

Evvy said:

but u have to be in America to see it

viewaskew said:

But Prince only wants those select people who paid too watch him!! Its not like his work or shows are ridiculously expensive so people have no chance of seeing him. Why should he de-value his work by letting people see it for free?

gurdet said:

not everybody can afford airfares, accomodation to see prince (try living in Australia ).
im not saying P should put his stuff out there 4 free, but pls give access to those who are willing to pay the price of a DVD etc.

prb said:

Fair enough with the dvds for sale. But regarding his shows, they're not that expensive (agreed everything adds up i.e. flights hotels) but P cant help that, it would be too difficult for him to do a world tour.

I agree with him not doing free streaming or having free stuff on net, it will devalue his work (he doesn't need to get his music to a larger audience he's hardly a new artist, look at the success of o2 shows.)

gurdet said:

and kudos to P on a successful stint at o2
the book release later in the yr will be great, but not like watching him live.

ive said here b4, its his work, he can do what he likes with it, but why not make it commercially available to those who want to watch/listen to it- if he wont allow it on the net etc

prb said:

yeh i agree with him releasing more dvds. but its a bit harsh for people to call him an arsehole for this coachella thing.

This is not a phase,this is the new and permanent Prince.

gurdet said:

do any of the other artists performing have the same restrictions?

Dayclear said:

prb said:

Do you mean at Coachella? Probably not. But he is hardly someone that will do what everyone else is doing. If he was, we all probably wouldn't be such big fans!

gurdet said:

yes, coachella.
theres never a dull moment being a prince fan, thats for sure