Prince goes after YouTube and eBay
It seems that Prince has sent in his lawyers to get all files featuring his name removed from Youtube and eBay. The ‘Purple Rain’ singer is launching legal action against Google Inc. - the owner of the video-sharing website - for copyright infringement, the unauthorized use of his music and video recordings. He would be the first artist to stand up to the internet scams.
A statement released on the star’s behalf, said: “Prince believes that as an
artist, the music rights must remain with the artist and copyrights should
be protected across the board.” The artist added that he doesn’t accept the fact that YouTube has no controll over what is being published on the website.
The statement continued: “YouTube are clearly able to filter porn and
pedophile material but appear to choose not to filter out the unauthorized
music and film content which is core to their business success.”
Prince also wants to sue eBay and Pirate Bay,auction sites, who are
accused of encouraging music piracy.
Written by roxana on September 15th, 2007 with
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