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January 27, 2014, 02:46:25 PM
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Prince sues internet users for total of $22m over alleged bootleg recordings

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/27/prince-sues-internet-users-alleged-bootleg-recordings

"Ordinary fans believed to be among 22 defendants accused by musician of distributing recordings of his live performances."
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January 27, 2014, 03:02:30 PM
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Prince sues internet users for total of $22m over alleged bootleg recordings

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/27/prince-sues-internet-users-alleged-bootleg-recordings

"Ordinary fans believed to be among 22 defendants accused by musician of distributing recordings of his live performances."


I'm a fan, but he's such a tool. I think he sued Youtube too and now you can't upload any videos with him in it.

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January 27, 2014, 03:30:48 PM
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Well good luck to the sued!
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January 27, 2014, 03:41:33 PM
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Well good luck to the sued!

Yeah, getting fine 1 Mill each!
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January 27, 2014, 03:53:11 PM
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This has been going on forever though, within the music industry. So what the heck...


But talk about being in profit..

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January 27, 2014, 04:02:05 PM
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Prince is TATIAGTIFTROML anyway.
(The Artist That I Am Going To Ignore For The Rest Of My Life)

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January 27, 2014, 04:13:33 PM
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Prince is TATIAGTIFTROML anyway.
(The Artist That I Am Going To Ignore For The Rest Of My Life)

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Eh?

Hasn't Prince learned anything from the Metallica / Napster fiasco? Kanye West will be doing this next.
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January 27, 2014, 04:33:02 PM
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What a cunt, I'm sorry, but he's no struggling artist, he's not in a desperate situation and piracy isn't affecting his business and the ones doing the filesharing are his biggest fans has has been constantly argued against anti-piracy morons for years.

Anyone who does this and already has millions is simply a greedy fuck.
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January 27, 2014, 04:49:30 PM
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This isn't a cool thing to do for your fans even if they take away your songs and spread them,yes you aren't getting paid for this but is it doing such a step? . lets see if his sales improve   Wink.
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January 27, 2014, 04:56:39 PM
Last edit: January 27, 2014, 10:37:31 PM by TheIrishman
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Well he hasn't really done anything relevant lately (at least to me) so maybe he thought this would be a good idea for a publicity stunt. I do hope he doesn't get one cent. I think the defendants will be able to use court decisions like this:

An IP Address Does Not Identify a Person, Rules Judge

"Another judge has ruled that you can't identify pirates based on IP addresses."

As far as I'm concerned, he has won my eternal despise - just like Metallica - and I'll be sharing each and every recording by him that I can get my hands on, like I did with Metallica stuff before.
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January 28, 2014, 04:33:39 AM
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What a cunt, I'm sorry, but he's no struggling artist, he's not in a desperate situation and piracy isn't affecting his business and the ones doing the filesharing are his biggest fans has has been constantly argued against anti-piracy morons for years.

Anyone who does this and already has millions is simply a greedy fuck.

Excuse me, but we're talking about a Jehovah Witness here asking Jah if he'll bless-it da Coin, as seen around his neck. In the background, another dude is showing Jehovah his Pebble bitcoin wallet watch. Over Prince's left shoulder is Brother Skopedis, hoping he doesn't get ex-communicated for doing jaw exercises in the Kingdom Hall.

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February 05, 2014, 12:56:32 PM
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Apparently he's only charging $10 a ticket for his new live shows: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26045864

Can't see that happening though, and/or touting will be rife.

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