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Music Industry Attacks Free Prince CD

Posted by Zonk on from the money-for-nothing dept.

Mike writes "You might not like Prince, but he's planning on giving away a free CD in a national British newspaper. Harmless publicity, right? The music industry disagrees. Executives are practically going insane over the idea and are threatening to 'retaliate'. 'The Artist Formerly Known as Prince should know that with behavior like this he will soon be the Artist Formerly Available in Record Stores. And I say that to all the other artists who may be tempted to dally with the Mail on Sunday,' said Entertainment Retailers Association spokesman Paul Quirk, who also said it would be 'an insult' to record stores. Shouldn't an artist be able to give away his own music if he wants to without fear of industry retaliation?"

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  1. Re:Please retaliate. by j0nkatz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The real question is...

    Will it run on iPhone?!?!

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  2. Re:you would be angry and irrational too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that describes humanity in general, doesn't it?

  3. No correction needed by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I guess you missed the word "ethically" in my signature. I know you're attempting the tried-and-true "it's not theft because you're not physically taking anything" canard, but then why do all Slashdotters refer to "stolen GPL code" all the time?

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  4. For Prince's music he should pay people... by nickull · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Never liked his style. The record industry is stuck in the 1950's. Doom and retaliation are like the UK gov banning the Sex pistols.

    My choice - my own music http://www.myspace.com/22ndcentury which is free to download for everyone, not just /.'ers. Style is sort of soundgarden, pistols, ramones, acdc. don't think I'll pay for CD pressing for all though as it is environmentally a very bad idea. mp3 downloads are better. duane

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