I've posted this fact on other threads already but I want everyone to understand this.

Prince already ownes all his bootlegged CD's and unofficial stuff. I remember when he went into stores like Revolution Records in NYC and literally took all the Prince CD's, told the owner he's taking them and not paying for them, and then walked out the store. There was a major bootleg raid on a lot of stores at that time and Prince was responsible for obtaining a lot of his stuff.

So all I'm saying is that he doesn't want our CD's for any other reason than to prevent us from having them. He can send his cronies to any bootleg shop around the world and get tons and tons of boots and all. He can document how much of his material is circulating out there on his own. Like I wrote before as well, it's a fucking scam.

big difference between simply having them and proving where they came from. which is THE point

XxAxX said:

Sooo...why can't we just send an e-mail with what we have, how we got it, and where we live?

cause that ain't evidence

XxAxX wrote:

big difference between simply having them and proving where they came from. which is THE point


Oh, I feel a headache coming along.

Did you not read what I wrote? I made it clear that he could send his cronies to any shop and get all the evidence he needs. They can get the CD's, write down the location of the stores, and take pictures of everything. That would actually provide more proof than just saying Mike Hunt from Michigan sent me his boots.

For fuck's sake.

EvilWhiteMale said:

Poor SillyWhiteMale.

EvilWhiteMale said:

While I don't totally agree with Prince's action, I have to point out two things.

1. It's a lot cheaper for to send their bootlegs to him then for him to send cronies out there.
2. Even if he did do what you suggested, that doesn't account for stores that sold the bootlegs in the past and then ran out or whatever.

Then again, I think its all kind of silly, so...

I believe that Prince & his lawyers want these recordings to show that quatity of music that is stolen from Prince because Warner Bros. doesn't safeguard Prince's output. It will make a great photo opp - a huge pile of recordings - all stoled from Prince while the evil WB looks the otherway. That evil WB is not protecting Prince's recordings from bootleggers while at the same time they do this 2 for 1 combo sales that cheapens his product. Hey here's an idea - take the master recordings away from WB & give them back to Prince.

EWM has a point.Prince has all of these recordings already and I'm sure that he and his lawyers are familiar with the places that sell and distribute bootlegs.I wonder why he's not more interested in those places,who are actually selling and distributing unreleased tracks and concerts.

So, why doesn't he sue Moonrakers, Sabotage etc?
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[This message was edited Fri Jul 25 15:20:33 PDT 2003 by jn2]

jn2 said:

Exactly!

EvilWhiteMale said:

i think there's no way i can explain something like this to you. we've reached an impasse
[This message was edited Fri Jul 25 15:33:33 PDT 2003 by XxAxX]

EvilWhiteMale said:

he went in the store like that? haha that's pretty cool

MrHappy said:Poor SillyWhiteMale.
why? elaborate
off topic: where is Bart with his legendaries " I told you so" posts?

MrHappy wrote:

Hey, you know what? I can make you MrUnhappy.

VinnyM27 wrote

But years ago he already started collecting them from stores, so he got them from the past. Handing over a CD to the judge from some dude in Bumfuck Ohio, is't any better proof. The point is that he has tons of his bootlegged shit already. He just wants it out of the hands of his fans.

NikkiVail wrote:

He really did. So he needs to keep his mouth shut right about now.

EvilWhiteMale said:

I have to agree with EWM here. This is some dumb shit or atleast it seems that way. What other purpose would there be to have people send him their copies than just to discard them? If he needs proof for a case testimony, written or oral, would suffice. Unless he gives some valid reasons for this recall you'd have to be a brainwashed "fam" to comply. And for the record I don't own one bootlegged song-- not because I think it's wrong but because I'm no fanatic and I don't know people that have the bootlegs.