purplecam said:

I have gotten any number of notes orgnotes asking me where to find this or that. If the person sending it isn't known to me, I delete it without replying.

b3xy said:

DAMN! That's just wrong! But this happened B4. What leaves us comes back 2 us! Thank god people are driven and motivated. May the 301 return and quick!!

I know for a fact that P has his people spying here. I made a post a long time ago about a former band member. Next thing I know I was getting an email and call from that person about what I had posted. Word had gotten back that P didn't really care for that etc etc.

All that to say, watch yo back.

The good thing about it is he does read our reviews of his music.

larksanders said:

Wow, I'm strangely intrigued by that.

DesireeNevermind said:

Imagine how I felt when I got the call/email.

BlackAdder7 said:

Do you think that still applies when the material is not released (and probably never will be?)

I agree it is Prince's material but it seems an awful shame to me that he would not allow his fans to share recordings of aftershows for example. He is not going to release them as a DVD or CD you can buy, so he is not losing revenue. Yes his material is being exchanged without his consent and I can see why that annoys him, it probably would me.

He himself loves music so much I am surprised he does not understand why poeple want to listen to live music he has made or peformance he has done on TV especially as not everyone has the funds and means to see him live. If he was losing money I could understand it and back him 100% but if there is no loss of revenue I am a little uncertain about his motives.

larksanders said:

err so, you're to have us believe, that an opinion you posted on an internet message board, got Prince's people so upset that actually sought your phone number out and called you?

simm0061 said:

Larry can be tho thenthitive.

Genesia said:

DesireeNevermind said:

I don't know much about computers (am learning about the net slowly but eventually I'll get it all down) BUT for anyone to "ask for a password" somewhere is just plain wrong! That's just a common sense thing! Taboo
FOR SURE!

dolorespark said:

words really cant explain my gratitude.

Baylana said:

It might not be released now, but how can you know what he plans to release in th future. You can't know waht the financial effect will be... can you guarantee that if he did release something widely bootlegged that everyone is going going to purchase it and return the downloads/boots... Is that what happened with crystal ball or the black album?

When it involves a boot, it is still stealing....no different to downloading his albums or anything you can purchase legally..... The only difference is that we're being rude too.

I tried to justify it to myself this way as well... because, with his faith, it isn't likely that he is going to release DM, with him rubbing his guitar etc

I do kind of feel justified watching uploaded TV apearances... but I'm still not sure. I don't think I'm stealing from Prince, but I'm guessing I'm stealing from someone (the network?)

Sure its sad that the clips get taken down and that we have less P to brighten our days... but guys!!!

don't kid yourselves into thinking that what your doing is above board. It isn't! Downloading and uploading this stuff is illegal (at least it is where I'm from)

I'm not saying don't break the rules, but if your getting away with it, at least have the decency to feel a little bad about it

Linn4days said:

You really need to read what I say clearly. What I stated was that if I record something and give it to a radio station to play and someone decides to make a copy and post it on one of those sites I wouldnt be upset.
Why? Because I would be seeking publicity anyway.

Here we go….This is a community of fans and friends. Why would someone snitch? There is a tread right now that someone admits to snitching on folks who try to sell stuff on eBay. If you don’t want to participate or are against it then don’t buy it or download it. Now could it be by chance that it got removed right after you told someone…maybe…Prince is fast at getting stuff takin' down. Maybe it was a snitch and if so…that is sad. As a community that loves P music we should be able to share things….keep an eye out…

Peace & B Wild


PS – To the snitch: Call People Magazine, Call Rolling Stone, Call Ur next to kin…..U know the rest…

Genesia said:

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Smart move. Bootlegging is illegal people if you are going to do it be smart about it. If WebSheriff is combing YOUTUBE why would that not be on fan message boards.

My theory is that when all interest fades in a man that was once so great, he himself will be the one who posts his videos and music on those sites in hopes to recapture the interest of the fans that he has pushed away by his own actions. Oh yes one more thought. Me hearing those songs and seeing those videos only made me want to go out and purchase cds I may have not owned.
If he decided today to release a cd full of his unreleased songs I would be the ffirst one to go out and get me a copy. What I am saying is clearly this. The posting of those things was not taking anything away from Prince, but actuall enhancing not only what people think about him but also his pockets. That can't be a bad thing.

Genesia said:

Actually yes! I had really lost interest in him until I discovered those goodies. I mean I was still a fan but.....anyway yes I have learned now!

CleopatraJones said:

Sorry you had to find out like this.

Linn4days said:

Hmmm...comparing your wife with sharing music.....something about that just doesnt sound right.

CleopatraJones said:

Well said, thank you.

CleopatraJones said:

Music is Prince's wife.

purplecorvette1 said:

are you going to return the boots you stole?


My other Q would be, if you read a published author's diary would it be ok to show all you friends because you thought it was really well written and inspired you to go and buy all his books.


P... I'm ready for my spanking btw

robinesque said:

First of all let me start by saying that I havent stolen aything. If I am to return something that he thinks I have stolen from him then I wish he would return the money he stole from me when I purchased his last cd thinking that it would be good.
Secondly if this certain "author" had wrtitten something of such "importance"
how would I have gotten a chance to read it unless he/she had made it possible.For every action there is a reaction. For Prince making songs and then announcing to his fans that he has many hidden creations of course it is going to heighten peoples curosity.
[Edited 8/20/08 14:51pm]

CleopatraJones said:

As i read this, i am reminded, that we often get to read the private letters and diaries of important people and authors. They are usually dead at the time though.

Maybe if I pretend Prince is dead, i wont feel so bad... He's like 50 anyway.


CJ, my friend, if you have been strong enough not to have downloaded or got hold of Prince's bootleg songs or concert footage, i'm proud of you... I'm sorry that i misunderstood your post.

I wish I could have shown the stregnth of character that you have.

First, I just watched the clips... just the tv appearances, then the concerts... the bootlegged songs I kept away from for about three months. I wouldn't even listen to them (I thought it would be rude). they were the line i did not want to cross... but eventually I caved. You're right, he totally asked for it.

But CJ, there are a huge number of Prince fans who think they have every right to own unreleased songs and concert footage....(and this is what we're talking about for the most part).

Prince would call them 'so-called' fans.. I disagree. I believe that they have the best intentions, but that doesn't mean that their actions don't have negative consequences

There was a thread last week comparing Prince fans to crack heads, and threads like these support this view.

I'm a junky too, and i love my suppliers. I just think all the other junkies need to be honest with themselves and realise that there are negative consequences and they are being a little cheeky getting all indignant when they get cut off.

oh... screw the system btw

i hope you're all out there posting away what was taking down

and once again all my love to our friend. i know his intentions were nothing but pure and i love him for breaking the rules and wasting so much of his precious time on the rest of us.
[Edited 8/20/08 16:15pm]

"Release it..oh Come on baby release it". You've got a lot of fans that would would love to download your unreleased music and video and would pay for it. We know you've also been generous over the years in donating to charities. Why not release it,we pay for it, and maybe we can help a brother or sister out with some of the profits going to some of those charities that are dear to you. Thanks for all the great music,shows and goodwill over the years.

robinesque said:

I must admit that your posts leave me quite confused. But anyway what I had said was that I haven't "stolen" from him.Yes I like many other fans have probably done some things that he, you, and probably some others would not agree with. That does not make me a lesser fan than you. It is just that some love the man and his music so much that it is almost addictive and if given a taste, I for one will certainly go back for more. So dont call me and the others "crack heads" but you can call me a "purple head" cause I got hooked on his drug that "he" introduced to me in the eighties and I've been hooked ever since. And yes I am angry. I am mad because in one breath he may acknowledge that without the fans he is nothing, then in the next he turns around and hurts the very ones who help made him who he is.
[Edited 8/20/08 16:31pm]
[Edited 8/20/08 16:33pm]

I don't know what to tell you. i am conflicted

haven't you ever done something you thought was wrong?

"Come on baby release it". Hi CJ I'm ready to jump on the mothership and I'll make sure I'll bring my pupper scooper (just to satify any copy right infringement I got that pooper scooper line from a George Clinton MTV interview).We want to funk!! We just funking yall!! hehehehheheheh!!!

dolorespark said:

lol! Well come on then baby bubba!!!!