The Paisleyed One wants his fans 2 know that doves cry each time they see Prince album covers and concert photographs available 4 U 2 view on fan sites. (The doves, which reportedly clock 12-hour shifts before a bank of monitors in a secretive Twin Cities location, are said to be just faking the tears at this point.) To protect their delicate feelings, Prince has gone on a legal offensive against Internet fan sites.
Prince's lawyers have requested that three fan sites remove the offending artwork, images, and even their "own photographs of their Prince-inspired tattoos," according a to a joint statement from the site operators. Houseofquake.com, princefans.com, and prince.org have banded together to fight the cease-and-desist notices and have launched princefansunited.com to make their case to the world.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071107-prince-to-fan-sites-no-pictures-no-artwork-no-album-covers.htmlDespite the obvious short-sightedness of this move (in addition to
Prince's other absurd moves lately), one wonders if he might ever turn his dreaded eye towards another Twin Cities hero -- JRiver and their YADB database, which quite likely contains Album Art, lyrics, and all sorts of other stuff that he probably wouldn't like much.
What's particularly absurd is that he's going after things that are quite obviously not under his control (their own photos of their own tattoos?). Sorry, Prince, copyright doesn't work that way, and the DMCA does provide somewhat severe penalties for illegitimate uses of takedown letters. Better be wary...
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