Sunday, November 04, 2007

The Home Video Prince Doesn't Want You to See
A bouncing YouTube baby has be-bopped his way right into the legal cross-hairs of the pop star Prince, sparking a lawsuit that could test the boundaries of U.S. copyright law.

Holden Lenz, 18 months old, is the pajama-clad star of a 29-second home movie shot by his mother in the family's rural Pennsylvania kitchen and posted last February on the popular video site YouTube.
A three minute news report goes into depth about the issue. (Click on the player icon in the article.)

Ironically, Prince is also on the other side of this issue: Guardian Unlimited: Music industry attacks Sunday newspaper's free Prince CD
The eagerly awaited new album by Prince is being launched as a free CD with a national Sunday newspaper in a move that has drawn widespread criticism from music retailers.
This promotional move has yielded great benefit for Prince in his new tour: LONDON GOES CRAZY FOR PRINCE
London really has gone crazy for Prince as demand for the pop superstar's 21 dates in the capital has set new records.

Tickets to the first seven Prince shows at the O2 Arena sold out in minutes, leading the promoters to immediately add an additional eight nights, breaking the record 14-night residency put on at one arena by Pink Floyd.
The ticket price for the concert includes Prince's latest album on CD.

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