Musician Prince a.k.a an unpronounceable symbol a.k.a. The Artist Formerly Known As Prince, is demanding that his fansites remove any images that "bear his likeness." Prince has already requested that three of his fansites cease using any images of him or else they stand to be sued. The webmasters of these fansites have organized themselves and have formed PRINCE FANS United. On their site is the following statement:
It is our opinion that these threats are not made in an attempt to enforce valid copyright as Prince alleges in his threats, rather we believe they are attempts to stifle all critical commentary about Prince.Prince,you need to step down from the Queen's throne...after all,you're only a Prince.
We strongly believe that such actions are in violation of the freedom of speech and should not be allowed. Prince claims that fansites are not allowed to present any artwork with Prince�s likeness, to the extreme that he has demanded the removal of fans� own photographs of their Prince inspired tattoos and their vehicles displaying Prince inspired license plates.
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