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Judge Delivers His Royal Purple Badness A Fair Use Smackdown

Aug 21st, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Internet TV, Podcasting Law, Streaming Video, Video

United States District Judge Jeremy Fogel has delivered Prince, and Universal Music a fair use smackdown in a case that may end up reducing the number of nuisance takedown notices filed against people that share videos at sites like YouTube.
Universal had sued Stephanie Lenz over the use of Prince’s song Let’s Go Crazy in a [...]



Prince Gives Away 3 Million CDs

Jul 16th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music

The UK’s Mail On Sunday has given away about three million copies of Prince’s new album, Planet Earth. The promotion has generated heated debate in the UK, because some consider the giveaway an insult to the music industry.
The giveaway is a high-profile example of an established musician experimenting with new ways of getting their music [...]



Music Industry Threatens Prince For Giving Away Free Music

Jul 2nd, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music

His royal purple badness, TAFKATAFKAP, aka Prince, is angering the music industry by releasing his latest CD for free with a UK Sunday newspaper.
The Mail on Sunday has revealed that Prince’s 10-track Planet Earth CD will be available with in an upcoming edition of the paper, making it the first place in the world to get [...]