controversy99 said:

djThunderfunk said:

Not trying to bump my own thread, but, it beats starting a new one, no?

Anyway...

I was just listening to the most recent The Music Snobs Podcast, and they mentioned that back in September Prince's lawyers had the 2 part episodes reviewing 1999 for it's 30th anniversary removed from Soundcloud.

First of all, how? Prince has no right to prevent anyone from reviewing his album, and any copyright issues should clearly fall under fair use.

Second, why? They were clearly praising the record and it's importance to Prince's career and influence over the sound of the 80s.

It's shit like this, where Prince and/or his lawyers are clearly in the wrong, using bully tactics to prevent FANS from participating in a completely legal activity: reviewing a record. This is a major reason so many former fans are just that, FORMER fans.

On another note, check out the newest episode of Prince Podcast, they're doing a commentary on a bootleg: 4 Those Of U On Valium!

Sweeeeet!!!

Having them take the episodes down was ridiculous ... but typical. And now apparently Jehan doesn't listen to Prince anymore. There's a funny line in a recent The Music Snops episode where one of them visits Jehan, and he's listening to obscure Minneapolis sound folks just to get his fix. Btw, I think those 2 episodes were about Prince's career overall. The 30th anniversary was just a jumping off point, if I remember correctly.

Well, I obviously will not be able to hear those episodes now. But I have to ask, for those who heard them, did they also include actual snippets of prince music? if so, then that may have been what caused a problem. The prince podcast tries to never have anything like that for those very reasons.