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Thread started 04/27/16 5:19pm

donnyenglish

Prince's Will Was to Give Us His Music

It is no accident that Prince did not have an official will. His final gift to us is his music. Without a will, that music will definitely be released.
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Reply #1 posted 04/27/16 5:21pm

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That is great, but he could of just said that in a will too and prevented many other issues along the way.

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Reply #2 posted 04/27/16 5:22pm

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I wonder if Prince thought, "Let them worry about the money drama when I am gone".

For example I had an uncle that passed away and didn't leave a will since he felt it wasn't going to be his problem once he was gone.

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Reply #3 posted 04/27/16 5:23pm

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donnyenglish said:

It is no accident that Prince did not have an official will. His final gift to us is his music. Without a will, that music will definitely be released.

Sorry, but that is not the way the law works. Something that is left behind doesn't automatically become public domain, and certainly not to general fandom.

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Reply #4 posted 04/27/16 5:34pm

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DieselsDen said:



donnyenglish said:


It is no accident that Prince did not have an official will. His final gift to us is his music. Without a will, that music will definitely be released.


Sorry, but that is not the way the law works. Something that is left behind doesn't automatically become public domain, and certainly not to general fandom.



You are very correct. But, I think the absence of a will on this issue suggests that his intent was to release it to his fans.
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Reply #5 posted 04/27/16 7:13pm

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MakeUpIsFabulous said:

I wonder if Prince thought, "Let them worry about the money drama when I am gone".

For example I had an uncle that passed away and didn't leave a will since he felt it wasn't going to be his problem once he was gone.

Bob Marley did the same.

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Reply #6 posted 04/27/16 7:56pm

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Without a will, I think it's going to get parsed up. We will be damn lucky if it doesn't end up as backbeats and riffs on some shthead rapper's album.

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Reply #7 posted 06/08/16 8:37pm

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donnyenglish said:

It is no accident that Prince did not have an official will. His final gift to us is his music. Without a will, that music will definitely be released.


Pretty sure that's up to the estate/trust.

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