http://www.youtube.com/us...aeljackson

Seriously, it's a way better solution than suing YouTube for nothing.

Haters can say whatever the hell they want about Michael. But one thing that I dare to say is that Michael can do right for his die-hard fans by having most of his classic videos freely available on YouTube.

That EXACTLY the point that Prince is too blind to see. By the end of the day, it's about doing right for Prince-fanatics and NOT for sorry excuse for stockbrokers that couldn't give a rat ass/arse about how we feel about music.

Think about it.

Michael, it seems, HAS embraced the internet more so than Prince nowadays.

Prince wants money in exchange of the usage of his music, plain & simple.

I've said it before anyway, since you can't work against the internet, let the internet work FOR YOU.

But then again, Prince doesn't want the internet working for him without gaining money out of it.

I couldn't give a lil' flying fuck what he does, he ain't hurting his fanbase, he's hurting his OWN dumb ass. I have most of his bootlegged stuff,,,which by the way, are ALL over the internet and can be traced easily

Prince is his own man handling his own matters. Whether I agree with it or not, doesn't matter cause it won't change things. Good for Michael and what he's doing. I hope this doesn't become a Prince vs Michael thing. Oh hell who am I kidding, it's going to happen again.

Harlepolis said:

And to make matters worse, Prince has been talking out of both sides of his neck. During his fallout with WB, didn't he once said that "music should be free"?

purplecam said:

Keep in mind that Michael isn't happy about people using P2P to share bootlegs neither. But at the same time, Michael also believe that suing music fans (especially his fans) will not fix the problem at all, but will only make it worse. And that's exactly the uphill battle that Prince isn't taken in any consideration.

TonyVanDam said:

Lawd..hence u know he pushed them boots out himself...Charade any1?

I could care less about youtube since I can't see the videos anyway. However, if Prince had any sense, he would release the stuff on DVDs. That way, he would be making money from it and the fans would have good quality videos that they would own and could watch them on a nice big TV any time they want instead of a little computer screen. That way, everybody would be happy including Prince because the non-fans aren't going to pull up a Prince video on youtube anyway.

As for Michael, I'm pretty sure that the videos he has out there are the same old tired videos that have been played over and over and over and over and over and over and over.....that everyone is sick of seeing anyway. He too should release some DVDs, and not those tired ass solo videos that he has re-released a thousand times. He should release the videos from The Jacksons, The Jacksons variety series from the 1970s, and The Jackson Five cartoon series from the 1970s. That's what I'd rather see than his played out solo shit.
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okay okay...this is probably the first serious discussion about mj this forum has seen in a good twenty two years but somewhere after reading the first post and reading purplecam's i started envisioning mj dangling blanket from a window.

...and now i can't stop laughing.

sowwy...as you were...

sosgemini said:

sosgemini said:

Now you got that vision of MJ dangling "Blanket" from the window stuck in my head now. Funny and pathetic all at once.

Back to the topic at hand.

It only makes sense, Michael is all about being commercial. Would it be commercial and smart business to sue fans? Nope. Michael realizes where his bread is buttered and doesn't want to mess with that.

As for releasing the rare stuff, the Bad tour is out on DVD OFFICIALLY in most foreign markets. (I know for a fact it is released in Japan, and I've seen the official version on eBay.) I'm sure the Jacksons stuff will come one day...these things till just take time.

vainandy said:

I agree. The Jacksons Variety Show series would sell big time on DVD.

The Jackson Family should also release on a bonus DVD all of their music videos (yes, even Rebbie's & La Toya's videos from the 80's era!!! ). If they do that much, I'll buy it the same week.

Vanilli said:

.....and a lot of lobbying at Sony BMG & Universal (current owner of Motown) to make things happen. And since those majors are all about making money, they need to help The Jacksons on this project.

Michael is all about making his work known. There was a book about bootlegs that had a quote from him. He was had a pro/con opinion on bootlegs.

His ass just needs to go into the vaults and release an official Bad Tour DVD, Jacksons Triumph Tour DVD and a 3cd collection of previously unreleased material. And I don't know what's going on with the Motown era unreleased material. They have hundreds of songs that haven't been heard

TonyVanDam said:

thats why im a michael fan.. and NEVER have been a prince fan

MJ fans fucking scare me.

I'm not talking about people that like the music or can appreciate what he and his family did. I'm talking about these nutjobs that must have some kind of psycho person network and whenever he's mentioned online or is going to appear somewhere they creep out of the shadows to salute their king and defend his honor like the Thriller zombies only much much more scary. MikeJack fan syndrome needs to be added to DSM IV.

Dance said:

Trust me, dahling.

Some of the maniacs in here ain't no easy picnic, either.

Harlepolis said:

There are some looney tunes who jock our boy, but I have never witnessed the MJFS level of freakdom with P fans. Never.
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Dance said:

You have not seen stan freakdom untill you see what the Beatles fans are capable of

They need a BOOK that discusses their case. Talk about a BIG cult.

Dance said:

tooo funny

Dance said:

You were saying?

TonyVanDam said:

Harlepolis said:

And that old lady was dead serious!

Harlepolis said:

Dance said:

Damn, MJ fans are really hated.....


Good thing I'm a George Michael fan

TonyVanDam said:

Okay, score one for the MJ freaks.

Still though a dove vs. camping out at his molestation trial

bboy87 said:

And that I'm a Marvin Gaye fan.

Timmy84 said:

I give this thread one more chance for redemption until the nWo returns full force.....we have been too busy taking over the KOP board, ya know