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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. Music Mafia by dennis_k85 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This just shows what a bunch of scumbags music companies really are.

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  2. Re:Formerly known as? by d34thm0nk3y · · Score: 1, Redundant

    He *is* known as Prince. For a time, he wasn't, because his label owned the name. However, he is now, and has been for some time, known as prince.

    So what you are saying, then, is that he is the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as prince?

  3. Re:CDs for freeing Prince? by encoderer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Who is Prince CD?