Comments on: “The Video Prince Doesn’t Want You to See” http://brooklynskeptic.net/2007/10/26/the-video-prince-doesnt-want-you-to-see/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:25:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: oneiroi http://brooklynskeptic.net/2007/10/26/the-video-prince-doesnt-want-you-to-see/#comment-3971 oneiroi Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:15:41 +0000 http://brooklynskeptic.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/the-video-prince-doesnt-want-you-to-see/#comment-3971 The thing that...confuses/annoys me is: Not too long ago Prince was heralded for releasing his album for "free" through a newspaper. It was seen as a rebellion against the music industry/retailers and people believed he was helping to build a new buisness model for music: http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2007/07/listeningpost_0709 Then...soon after he starts being a total douche, trying to sue everyone in existence (youtube, ebay, torrent sites, etc.) for hosting his content: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/13/prince-to-adopt-new-symbol-tool/ WTH? The thing that…confuses/annoys me is:

Not too long ago Prince was heralded for releasing his album for “free” through a newspaper. It was seen as a rebellion against the music industry/retailers and people believed he was helping to build a new buisness model for music:
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2007/07/listeningpost_0709

Then…soon after he starts being a total douche, trying to sue everyone in existence (youtube, ebay, torrent sites, etc.) for hosting his content: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/13/prince-to-adopt-new-symbol-tool/

WTH?

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