Prince’s Copyright Battles
The battle between record companies and internet users over copyright issues has been going on for years now. At first, it was over piracy and freely sharing copyrighted music. Now, even an 18-month old baby dancing to Prince’s ‘Let’s Go Crazy’ is under attack.
Stephanie Lenz posted a 29-second clip of her son dancing to the Prince song back in February. In June, she received an email from YouTube saying that her video had been removed per request of Universal Music Publishing Group and that she could have her account canceled in the event of future copyright infringement.
In a statement by Universal, “Prince believes it is wrong for YouTube, or any user-generated site, to appropriate his music without his consent … It’s simply a matter of principle.”
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