Prince aka egomaniac?!


Question: If this article is correct, I have lost what little respect I had for Prince. To go after fan sites because they use your name and put your lyrics on their site? I wonder if he is trying to lose his fan base by suing and thus alienating them. If he got this idea from a manager or what have you then he needs to get rid of that person or persons. I would have to imagine that Prince is worth millions so I dont know what he expects to gain by pulling a stunt like this, its not like these websites are making his discography available for download for free. I think the idea of it is the fact that he has an official site and doesnt want anyone else having any information which is censorship....

your thoughts?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071107/en_n...


Answers: If this article is correct, I have lost what little respect I had for Prince. To go after fan sites because they use your name and put your lyrics on their site? I wonder if he is trying to lose his fan base by suing and thus alienating them. If he got this idea from a manager or what have you then he needs to get rid of that person or persons. I would have to imagine that Prince is worth millions so I dont know what he expects to gain by pulling a stunt like this, its not like these websites are making his discography available for download for free. I think the idea of it is the fact that he has an official site and doesnt want anyone else having any information which is censorship....

your thoughts?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071107/en_n...

Yeah so he is an complete egomaniac, but the fact that he always as girls with him who he names is a bit stranger...

I mean hes short, they're always way better looking then him. At the moment they're twins! Seriously! He's a strange little man and if it wasn't for songs like ''When Doves Cry'' ever one would be freaked out by him.

I agree though, why would you stay a fan of his after that?

I never liked Prince, my stepdad loves him

His management/record label are probably making it happen... Or he's a prick... who knows. Both sides of the issue make sense.

I saw Prince live and his band is amazing! Prince knows how to rock a guitar with the best of them... He has some great records too (Dirty Mind, 1999, Purple Rain, Sign 'O' the Times, etc.)...

Prince is no prick, he gave away his latest album for free in an English newspaper, and he made his concert ticket prices really low, unlike other artists. (Prince charges only about $30, from what i've heard")

prince's managers are probably doing it. maybe they feel that they aren't rich enough. or maybe they want people to not by princes stuff. people like that confuse me.

For me, it's a toss-up.

His image is his own. Period. He owns it. Period. He can ask for money for his image, that's the way things work.

On the other hand, I look at the story, and some clowns are calling it "censorship". That's a load of crap. Censorship can ONLY come from the government. Only the GOVERNMENT can censor you. In America, you have the right to speak, print, and express yourself as you want. HOWEVER, NO organization has the obligation to give you the means to do it. Nor is any person obligated to allow you the use of their image or works to express yourself. Prince is telling people that hey, that's my image, that's my work, that's mine. You cannot just use it and everything be ok.

Until it is a criminal charge to use anything Prince, it's not censorship. Not when it is a criminal offense to use someone else's work, which is criminal as it is a copyright infringement, but a special law is made that you cannot use Prince and only Prince stuff without permission is criminal, then it is not by definition censorship.

Unless you are willing to make a case that Prince owns neither his image nor his works, then it cannot be censorship. If you honestly believe that Prince doesn't own himself nor his works, then please tell me your address so I can come over to your house and watch football this weekend because I don't want to make a mess of my place.

Ownership is ownership. While maybe going after fan site who are NOT defaming your name nor your works is not a good idea, since fans have allowed him to live the life he lives, he does own himself and his works. Don't like it? Do your own works that are better than his and promote yourself.



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