NouveauDance said:

Yup - it was about money AND artistic control - but, what is wrong with that?

Prince makes music as art and as a means to make money - his 2 primary concerns. Seems to me he was just looking after his art and his business.

What would have been the benefit of the added "worlwide exposure" (which, he gets anyway) - the only answer is "more money". So, it doesn't make sense calling him out on blocking his content because is was "just about $$$", you know?

NouveauDance said:

Money - the most popular girl in the world..Ain't nothing wrong

BEN PULL THE GHAT DAYUM PLUG ON THIS BITCH!!!

IAintTheOne said:

Mindflux said:

Prince is a member of ASCAP. But ASCAP and PRS have signed a reciprocal agreement for the representation of each other’s members’ works in their respective territories and therefore PRS can collect on ASCAP's behalf in the UK.

I'm puzzled why YouTube should strike a deal with PRS only. Despite the reciprocal agreements, PRS is only allowed to collect money for performances on UK soil. But YouTube broadcasts content all over the internet and so it's a performance that spans the globe. The big problem is that all these collection agencies have not adapted their policies regarding the internet and many of their rules have become obsolete since the rise of digital music.
In this case, ASCAP should be first in line to collect money because they directly represent the artist in this case.

The dr FB post suggests that Prince struck a deal with YouTube individually but I find that hard to believe. Firstly because I think that YouTube would want to avoid dealing with artists separately and instead deal with the copyright agencies that would allow them to unblock entire catalogues of music instead of one repertoire.

Part of the problem is that Warner Bros. is ALSO being militant about getting its property off of Youtube.

SPECULATION: If Prince does not follow through with protecting rights that he claims he has over his music, it's possible that Warner can say that Prince is in breach of terms.

linus4000 said:

- Amen!

coketa77 said:

Good Thought! I hope Prince freaks Youtube. With the stuff he has it should be easy. How about some O2 concert footage? SHOE would be nice

LittleSister said:

What you write is true, but he is also a member of PRS and has a PRS registration number. I was offered ASCAP membership when I signed with PRS, but I don't need it at this time, as we don't perform in the States (hopefully, that's a "yet" )

NONSENSE said:

Hate to say it but how about some footage on Lotusflow3r first?

Dayclear said:

This isn't prince changing his mind on copyright issues. His making videos available under an agreement protects his rights.

i believe it.. theres tons of prince stuff on youtube now.. there was never anything before...

i love it! just watched glam slam and scandalous....

purplecam said:

Yes, because we know he's broke and doesn't need any kind of promotion these days.

rudedog said:

Oh please. All artists should get paid for the work they do, not just Prince. Do you go to work and expect to get nothing? Come on now. It was always about money and it appears Prince will be getting his and I say good for him. I want to see others get theirs too.

That's good news. It's always better work on new business models than to censor your work. One make you more moeny and more fans, the other only less.

dnaplaya said:

For publishing his copyrighted works that attracts advertisers of course.

This is good news. Thanks for the update.

Why not post 2 HIS own site?

Graycap23 said:

maybe you could ask him and let us know what he said....??

Most likely, Prince has had his official YouTube account approved with YouTube, ASCAP, etc, to make sure he gets the correct royalties. Don't expect random Prine footage showing up all over YouTube. Expect only official approved content.

I know that with my band, our music videos have to go through the official YouTube account of the record label, and not ours, otherwise it makes it harder to collect the royalties.

Shorty said:

Maybe NOT.

Tremolina said:

Exactly. The hope now is that he will build on this and let all of us fans post video again like in 2006. We've made it this far and by faith, we'll get back to that place again. This is still wonderful news in my book.

what a horrible precedent. Prince is so money hungry nothing else is important to him.

purplecam said:

What happens when we link videos to threads for the purpose of discussion? Will Youtube have to pay for that or will he come to the sites asking for money? Watch, he will. Piece of shit.

Shorty said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I don't know. I hope he doesn't do the last part but again I don't know. Time will tell so stay tuned...

iloveannie said:

So Prince cons fams into shelling out 77 with the hopes of getting videos.
Prince gets youtube to pay him to host his videos.

Prince makes money off fams, doesn't have to invest the work on his own site and makes money off youtube. Gluttony is a sin, someone should tell him that.

purplecam said:

when it happens remember I said it would and I have bookmarked this thread so

YOU.

CANNOT

ARGUE!

purplecam said:

Yeah, but when I quit a job, can I go back and ask my old employer for $$ for work I did for them oh say back in 1984? They would laugh at me, just like I'm laughin at you.
He got paid when those songs were released and he still is through Royalties. YouTube is merely a promotional ticket that all artists use and 99% of them don't complain about.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

No point in arguing. It could very well happen but this is all brand new so I know about as much as you do which isn't much. He may not do anything to this site if we link a video to a thread here. We have to see how this all plays out.
[Edited 9/14/09 11:46am]