Prince sues 22 webmasters for $1 million dollars each for bootlegs
Lawsuit filed against bootlegged videos
- He's a bloody icon: Bowie won't tour, Jacko has sadly departed this Earth, Sir Paul McCartney plays everywhere all the time and Madonna just wants to shake her bits into old aged embarrassment. Prince however, is the living, breathing embodiment of pop music. He's a hero, so make sure you give him a hero's welcome when he touches down in London.
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Prince has filed a copyright lawsuit against 22 different users of Facebook and Google's Blogger platform, each for $1 million, over bootlegged videos.
In the 21 page complaint, Prince claims the social network users "engage in massive infringement and bootlegging of Prince's material" - reports Antiquiet.
In addition to the $22 million in damages, Prince is demanding the defendants are permanently blocked from infringing on his copyrights.
Watch the (official, not bootlegged video for 'Breakfast Can Wait' below
Of the 22 defendants, the identities of just two are known, so it's going to be quite a struggle to ensure the jury trial the singer has requested.
Prince also announced today that he'll be doing a series of concerts as part of the Hit And Run tour in London next month. More details of the tour are set to revealed in a press conference to be held, for some reason, in the flat of soul singer Lianne La Havas.
If you do decide to go, we'd probably recommend not uploading your videos to Facebook. Unless you've got a million dollars to spare.
Below: 9 reasons to be excited about Prince's London shows
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