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Prince Sues Devoted Norwegian Fans Who Made Cover Album
On June 7th, the artist and sex symbol formerly known as Prince officially turned 50 and apparently someone brought hime the wrong gift. It was a copy of a new five-disc Prince tribute album, which consists of 81 cover songs by Norwegian musicians of every genre including that country's National Symphony Orchestra.
Soon after receiving "Shockadelica-50th Anniversary Tribute to The Artist Known As Prince," the Artist sued C+C Records, the Norwegian music label that put the tribute together. The suit demanded that all copies of the album -- which has been critically acclaimed and peaked at no. 8 on the Norwegian charts -- be destroyed. The label's owner, Christer Falck, is also a well known television actor and a huge Prince fan. Since no one was paid for their participation, Falck didn't think he owed Prince anything more than a free copy of the disc. Especially since the description on the label's Web site features this loving statement:
"This is more than just a Prince-tribute album. This is actually EVERYTHING the Norwegian musical scene has to offer 2008. All is made with love to the world's greatest artist ever, Prince."
Actually, Falck shouldn't be surprised that he was sued, as this isn't the first time Prince has censured his fans. In 2007, he gave legal notice to YouTube, eBay and The Pirate Bay to take down all of his copyrighted content. Then, last October, Prince's record company, Universal, demanded that YouTube remove this home video of a toddler dancing to a barely audible clip of "Lets Go Crazy." Even this past spring, Prince demanded that YouTube remove a fan-recorded video of his cover of Radiohead's "Creep" at Coachella.
The C+C Records page and the "Shockadelica" MySpace page have free samples of the limited edition album. It's sure to be a collectors item. [Source: Wired]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsnrthdudeJun 26th 2008 9:16PM
Prince was always a greedy pig.
G.Jun 26th 2008 10:19PM
He should change his name to "The Artist Currently Known as Jerk"
KhrisJun 26th 2008 10:03PM
What a complete and utter jackass!!
If I were a musician and someone came to me with a tribute album of my music, I would be extremely flattered and grateful! No, not this prick!
BOYCOTT PRINCE!!!
stormeJun 26th 2008 10:41PM
The Norwegians are the most loyal, sincere fans in Europe - and the cost of tickets and regular music albums in Norway are ten times more than they cost here.............Prince is a greedy little prick who may think he is the coming of Elton John or the messiah himself...............he should take a dive and fly up his own butthole.
rubyeJun 27th 2008 9:31PM
I think Prince sued then cuz they ruinrd his songs clink the link and lisen they are all very sorry. Prince is a great performer and singer.
JimJun 26th 2008 11:08PM
Overrated little homo !
pheer6224Jun 27th 2008 12:59AM
What a jerkwad.
SimzeeeJun 27th 2008 9:07AM
He does'nt mean to do things like this.......He's black. That's why he does what he does.
KhrisJun 27th 2008 1:17PM
Imus, is that you?
run n gun 26Jun 28th 2008 12:01PM
@khris
I lol'd so hard!
SimzeeeJun 27th 2008 9:09AM
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imthcat2000Jun 27th 2008 6:27PM
Prince has always been a prick to his fans. He played at my college years ago and was almost two hours late coming onstage. And although he supposedly is a great live performer, his show sucked.
Earlier in the day, his burly bodyguard tried to stop one of my college professors from walking through the coliseum door to get to his office inside. "You can't come in here...The Artist doesn't allow anybody to come into the building while he's reharsing," he said. The professor retorted, "I don't give a damn what the Artist allows, my office is down this hall and I'm going to it," then brushed the guard aside and walked on by.