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Prince Removes Radiohead 'Creep' Cover from YouTube

By soulxtc

Claims copyright infringement even though the song doesn't belong to him. Prince, or the "artist formerly known as," or whatever it is that he calls himself these days, continues to have an oddly myopic and self-serving attitude when it comes to "his" music. Despite having earned tens of millions of dollars during a career that stretches back to the early 1980's, he still sets his lawyers loose on anybody or anything that makes his music available outside of his official NPGMusic site. For it was late last year that he hired WebSheriff, the UK-based anti-piracy organization, to go after YouTube, eBay, and BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay for allegedly encouraging copyright violations in order to "reclaim the Internet." Since then YouTube and eBay have been quick to respond to any requests by his record label, NPG Records, to remove material it deems copyright infringing.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on May 30, 2008 (boomark / email).