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Old 07-06-2010, 01:02 AM   #1
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The internet is over

Prince Says Internet is 'Over'

Rock star and noted digital media expert Prince says the internet is 'over.'

The Purple Rain singer has never sold his songs online and has no plans to start with his latest album 20TEN.

Prince has had a long and public battle to keep all things Prince-related offline. In 2007 he sued eBay and YouTube, claiming� the people at the video sharing site 'are clearly able (to) filter porn and paedophile material but appear to choose not to filter out the unauthorised music and film content which is core to their business success.'

He has also notoriously gone after his own fans, forcing three large fansites –Housequake.com, Princefans.com and Prince.org –� to remove all Prince images in 2007. The cease and desist notices reportedly went as far as calling for the removal of pictures taken by fans of their Prince tattoos and Prince-inspired licence plates. Also in 2007, YouTube was forced to pull a home video of a toddler dancing to Let's Go Crazy. Universal Music Publishing claimed the recording infringed copyright. The child's mother fought back, however, claiming that the video constituted fair use.

Now the artist who was known as Prince, then wasn't Prince anymore and is now Prince again says the internet is over anyway. He tells The UK's Daily Mirror, 'The internet's completely over. I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can't get it.

'The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.'

Prince will be giving the new album away in the UK's Daily Mirror on Saturday July 10. The giveaway is the only means of obtaining the album in the UK and Ireland.

The paper says, somewhat paradoxically, 'The singer has shunned selling his eagerly-anticipated CD 20TEN in the shops or releasing it online because he wants as many people as possible to hear his music.'

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Old 07-06-2010, 01:09 AM   #2
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LOL

Its a shame he lost it imho, I loved his early albums .....
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Old 07-06-2010, 01:11 AM   #3
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"eagerly-anticipated"?

I couldn't have told you with 100% certainty whether he was alive or dead.
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Old 07-06-2010, 02:07 AM   #4
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Psst...Prince: if you make your music available digitally, you have at least SOME control over its digital destiny.

If you don't, you have virtually none. That album is, rightly or wrongly, going to wind up online. It may not be all that widely disseminated, mind, but just saying "No sir, I don't like it" isn't gonna keep it off that thar' internet.
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Old 07-06-2010, 02:20 AM   #5
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For someone that made a career on being a step ahead of the competition he sure is missing the boat on this one.
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Old 07-06-2010, 02:28 AM   #6
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Time to hang up my interwebs.
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Old 07-06-2010, 06:54 AM   #7
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Pancakes, anyone?
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Old 07-06-2010, 07:53 AM   #8
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Prince is over.
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Old 07-06-2010, 09:12 AM   #9
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Pancakes, anyone?

That guy could ball! Did you see that dunk?
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Old 07-06-2010, 09:39 AM   #10
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Sounds like he is taking Let's Go Crazy to a new level.

How am I going to get all these numbers out of my head?!
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Old 07-06-2010, 10:15 AM   #11
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The lede is a little puzzling. Prince was among the first major artists to begin offering entire albums exclusively over the web back in 1997. I've got 2 or 3 different albums of his through his old website, which he abruptly took down back in 2006.

I suspect what they mean is that he has never offered his stuff through 3rd party intermediaries like iTunes. That would fit right in with the paranoia he developed over big labels and magacorps during the whole symbol thing.

In other news, Prince is eccentric.
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Old 07-06-2010, 10:20 AM   #12
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How am I going to get all these numbers out of my head?!

Listen to Prince songs, isn´t that obvious ?


reminds me of mutant russian marc cuban who planning on running the Nets from Russia (!) without owning or using a computer or a cell phone, but enjoys communicating with people by mail (the old fashioned version mind you) instead.
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Old 07-06-2010, 10:22 AM   #13
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"The internet is dead, for I have killed it." -- Prince
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Old 07-06-2010, 10:32 AM   #14
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He does have a point about the iTunes thing though. The internet has totally changed the entertainment industry (stating the obvious) and the companies have no adapted yet and may never by the looks of things.
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Old 07-06-2010, 10:39 AM   #15
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Old 07-06-2010, 10:59 AM   #16
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I loved his early albums .....

As did I. I first saw him in concert back in 1981 and was blown away by the sheer energy and entertainment. According to a quick review, his new album 20TEN is his best work since Sign O The Times. On one hand, that's not saying much. But I keep hoping he can recapture the early sound.
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Old 07-06-2010, 11:21 AM   #17
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Time to hang up my interwebs.

Seriously.

What the hell am I supposed to surf at work?
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Old 07-06-2010, 11:30 AM   #18
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Hearing the news Joe Liberman just bought an old Prince LP and said "That guy knows what he is talking about!".
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Old 07-06-2010, 11:37 AM   #19
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Old 07-06-2010, 11:50 AM   #20
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I wonder if those Minnesota winters are getting him. The way he was talking about the internet, made me think he also wears tin foil hats.
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Old 07-06-2010, 01:07 PM   #21
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One of my buddies just commented:

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Also, it turns out that at one time Prince was hip but suddenly became outdated.
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Old 07-06-2010, 02:29 PM   #22
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I opened this thread and while reading it my internet connection crashed.

HOW'S THAT FOR COINCIDENCE!
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