Prince on Record Labels

Prince changes his name back from [unpronounceable symbol] in 2000, following a dispute with Warner Bros.

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Entertainment

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• Iconic
• prince
• warner
• bros
• artist
• formerly
• known
• as
• record
• label

[stonerh]

People say he's mental for changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol.. but I think it's one of the most intelligent business moves an artist has ever made.

[Ironcabbit]

"Let the baker make the bread." No kidding. It seems odd to me that the musicians in this day and age cannot produce their own music for mass distribution.

[ANTONIO543211000]

THIS IS A GREAT INTERVIEW 4 PEOPLE WHO TRING 2 GET A RECORD DEAL PLEASE DONT MAKE A WRONG MOVE CUZ IT MAY JUST COST U OR IT COULD HELP U PRINCE IS A EXAMPLE MANY YEARS HE MADE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AN THATS Y HE PUT "SLAVE" ON HIS FACE AT THE TIME, A STRONG BROTHA 4 THIS MOST RESPECT GOES 2 THIS MAN 4 THIS

[udlman]

Are you watching, Cowell?

[stonerh]

@Jrockershadow They wouldn't have been able to unless he signed another contract with them. He signed a contract as Prince, which stated that Warner owned all the rights to music recorded by "Prince". By changing his name and releasing music under the symbol, legally, they had no control over it.

[Jrockershadow]

@stonerh

so didnt the labels try and claim that name?

[stonerh]

@cjellwood He does, through his own label, Paisley Park.

[stonerh]

@Jrockershadow Yes? What's your point?

[cjellwood]

so who does the work of distributing his albums etc? elves?

[gigoerge]

O.T.I.S. NAW MAN. . . . . O.G.C.S

[NewWorldRob]

@TheFreeMentality it was aiight. 319 and Shy was all found there for me.

[TheBrendadale]

@maluse227 Every genre of music has good and bad. I LOVE good music, no matter the genre!