Prince: “The Internet Is Over”
“I really believe in finding new ways to distribute my music,” pop legend Prince told the Daily Mirror in an exclusive interviewtoday.
Puzzling, then, that the musical icon also said he deplores online and other digital means of music distribution.
“The Internet’s completely over,” he said. “I don’t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won’t pay me an advance for it, and then they get angry when they can’t get it.”
Prince’s famous and longstanding battle against the web gained steam in 2007, when Prince declared his intention to file lawsuits against YouTube, eBay and the Pirate Bay for users’ appropriation of his music. He’s banned such sites from using his music, and he’s also refused to work with legal, legitimate outlets such as eMusic and iTunes.
And don’t try to find his official site; it’s been shut down, as well.
“The internet’s like MTV,” the star said to the Mirror’s correspondent. “At one time, MTV was hip, and suddenly it became outdated.”
“Suddenly,” a.k.a. around the time the Internet started taking off, perhaps? Read more..
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