Tremolina said:

databank said:

It is to be noted, though, that it seems that they DON'T own the copyright to these things: on the Polygram (and the SOTT) releases, the copyright went directly to Paisley Park Productions or something like that (i.e. Prince himself).

or something like that??

PP Records was a 51% WB controlled joint venture, I believe.

PP Productions*; PRN Productions and Paisley Park Entertainment. Which is it

Then again, the idea that the copyright to the movies was/is owned by Prince ultimately; I doubt it.

But who knows???

*I stand corrected: PP Productions also existed.

[Edited 10/22/13 12:27pm]

Don't forget that a lot of that changed through the infamous $100 million deal.

Tremolina said:

It also seems that WB wasn't able yet to distribute his movies worldwide on its own during the 80's. WB is a US based company, originally only operating in the US, and that got bigger and bigger during the 80's and 90's, but wasn't able yet in the 80's to self distribute video titles all over the world. They needed other already multinationally operating companies like Polygram and Cineplex Odeon.

No no no. WB was releasing the movies on VHS in Europe, but not the music videos, most likely because the video music market was not profitable until the late 1980s when there was a boom in the VHS market in Europe when players became affordable (and VHS tapes became affordable as things to buy, not just rent). WB never owned SOTT or Lovesexy Live, simple as that.

Thanks Bart for your contributions

Since y'all guys seem to be in the mood for these things, could you all do me a BIG favor and go check my thread about the different versions of the Parade live show, and help me with that one: I'm quite sure some of you have some of the info I'm looking for Thanx