Prince and Radiohead in Youtube video skirmish
Videos of Prince's performance covering Radiohead's "Creep" are getting taken down all over YouTube from requests by Prince's lawyers (Prince hasn't been very supportive of YouTube as a medium to communicate his music)
Here's the weird part - Radiohead want them up.
The good folks at TechDirt report that Prince argues they're his performances. And Radiohead say it's their song. Should be an interesting development.
Link to the story:
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080530/1507241271.shtml
Hope to see the video sometime - and of course here on the 'Sift
Here's the weird part - Radiohead want them up.
The good folks at TechDirt report that Prince argues they're his performances. And Radiohead say it's their song. Should be an interesting development.
Link to the story:
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080530/1507241271.shtml
Hope to see the video sometime - and of course here on the 'Sift
6 Comments
oxdottirI put one up: Prince doing Radiohead's Creep, but it probably won't last long. It's not great video quality, but I can tell I like it and I wish I was there.
dystopianfuturetodayAdvice to Prince:
1) Leave the clips up.
2) Record a kickass studio version of the song.
3) Profit.
oxdottirThat's what I think any sane person would do. I suspect, if you got him in a private serious conversation, he would say "it's the principle of the thing" or some rough translation thereof.
It's one principle; I wish he understood some others.
vairetubedude! it's friggin' prince! THE prince.
thom yorkie is a mere mortal.
like a prince say, do.
doogleKeep in mind too, the TechDirt article posits that perhaps Prince is doing it on purpose..."If Prince weren't suing so many people, you might even think he was canny enough to have done this on purpose as a marketing campaign."
ZawashSounds like this once could stay up...
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/12/07/prince_s_creep_cover_is_finally_online_watch_the_2008_coachella_performance.html
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