Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Prince NOT Suing?

This is another borderline case since lots of lawyers are involved. However, Prince is a "local" guy to anyone from Minnesota and I've followed his fights with the music industry for years.

Here's the legal-speak explanation of how his current effort to control the use of his image on commercial sites is NOT SUING.

"The action taken earlier this week was not to shut down fan sites, or control comment in any way," the statement read. "The issue was simply to do with in regards to copyright and trademark of images and only images and no lawsuits have been filed."

Three websites published copyrighted images and live photos from Prince's London concerts, according to AEG. "Mediation between the parties is currently resolving the matter," the group's statement said."

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