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Prince's estate to President Trump: Stop playing 'Purple Rain' at rallies
https://www.washingtontimes.com ^ | October 13, 2018 | Andrew Blake

Posted on 10/14/2018 5:19:02 PM PDT by Enterprise

Relatives of Prince have asked President Trump to stop playing “Purple Rain” at campaign rallies, echoing similar requests made previously on behalf of fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees ranging from Aerosmith to Queen.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: minstrels; musicians; numbskulls; prince; purplerain; singers; trumprally
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Ok. Bunch of has beens anyway.
1 posted on 10/14/2018 5:19:02 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

I second that.


2 posted on 10/14/2018 5:19:39 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Enterprise

Maybe they should play the updated Prince hit “We’re gonna party like it’s 1984.”


3 posted on 10/14/2018 5:20:19 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Enterprise

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As long as he pays the royalties, they can’t stop him.


4 posted on 10/14/2018 5:22:46 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Enterprise

Trump to prince’s estate:

‘B—w me real slow like.’


5 posted on 10/14/2018 5:23:30 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Jeff Sessions IS the insurance policy)
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To: Enterprise

To Prince’s estate. Show your true beliefs by redistributing all of his wealth.


6 posted on 10/14/2018 5:23:43 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Enterprise

I predict Trump will double down. Wonder what the legal aspect is.


7 posted on 10/14/2018 5:23:55 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: Enterprise

Is the estate prepare to write a check refunding the Trump campaign every single dollar they spent for the “license” to use his songs?

Oh wait, no refunds.

tough shiat dipshiat


8 posted on 10/14/2018 5:24:20 PM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: Enterprise

If he has paid a fee to ASCAP to play what songs he wants that is the way it is. They are making money and their music is out there to find new fans and he just in the past week made it possible for new copyright laws for these idiots. You would think they would be grateful.


9 posted on 10/14/2018 5:24:25 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Mamzelle

As long as he is paying royalties to use it, they have no say.


10 posted on 10/14/2018 5:25:01 PM PDT by PJBankard (Heaven has strict immigration policies. Hell has open borders.)
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To: Enterprise
Commercial Photography
11 posted on 10/14/2018 5:25:35 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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To: editor-surveyor

Ding ding. ding.


12 posted on 10/14/2018 5:25:36 PM PDT by rwilson99 (How exactly would John 3:16 not apply to Mary?)
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To: Enterprise

The music is in the public domain so to speak. I really do not understand the right to say who can therefore play or not play it.


13 posted on 10/14/2018 5:25:57 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: Mamzelle

The Trump campaign pays license fees to use these songs in public venues. The artists gets paid, and then wants the customer to not use the songs? I would call that fraud.

If the Prince Estate does not want the songs to be used that way, they should pony up the money and buy them back from whatever label that has authority to license them out.

Or they can shut up


14 posted on 10/14/2018 5:27:12 PM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: editor-surveyor
He should respond like this. We pay ROYALTIES to the PRINCE estate. Who do these drama QUEENS think they are anyway? KINGS?
15 posted on 10/14/2018 5:30:28 PM PDT by Enterprise
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Another sniveling lib-baby NPC is whining. Shut up sniveling lib baby NPC. You have no standing.


16 posted on 10/14/2018 5:32:32 PM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: Enterprise

Some people think they have more authority than they really do. “Do you know who I am?!!!”

Up yours, Prince (and formerly-named Prince)! Take your little red corvette to Bumphuck, OH and leave it there.


17 posted on 10/14/2018 5:32:32 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Lock. Her. Up.)
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To: Enterprise

Now there is a critical issue of the day... :P


18 posted on 10/14/2018 5:34:28 PM PDT by PreciousLiberty (Make America Greater Than Ever!)
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To: Enterprise

What did Rogers Nelson have to say about it?

Oh wait . . .


19 posted on 10/14/2018 5:34:29 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Mods/Independents/Dems/Non-voters" Are CRAZY DIMS REALLY who you'd want BACK in POWER?)
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To: Fester Chugabrew
Up yours, Prince (and formerly-named Prince)!

Um, Prince died in April of 2016. This is his heirs talking.

20 posted on 10/14/2018 5:35:14 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (GO BREWERS! KICK THE MLB DEEP STATE @SS!)
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