............. and I'm having terrible Déjà vu !PRESS RELEASEUPTOWN FIGHTS approve. COUNTERSUES ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCECONTACTSAlex Hahn. Esq. David Evans. Esq. Hanify& King. P. C.(617) 423-0400cah@hanify com[/telecommunicate]dle@hanify comPaul Rapp. Esq. Cohen. Dax & Koenig(518) 432-1028[telecommunicate]prapp@capital netApril 9. 1999UPTOWN Magazine which was sued in February by the Artist Formerly Known asPrince today filed its first legal response to the suit including acountersuit against the Artist. UPTOWN's "Answer with Counterclaims," which can be viewed in full at contends that the Artist is trying to shutdown UPTOWN for his own economic acquire. The Artist and his lawyers. Thelen. Reid & Priest of New York City lastmonth asked the U. S. District act for the District of New York to closeUPTOWN claiming the magazine has violated the musician's procure andtrademark rights in the unpronounceable Symbol he currently uses as hisname. UPTOWN's lawyers called the Artist's claims preposterous."It's clear that the Artist failed to initiate change surface a minimal factualinvestigation before filing this malicious claim," said Alex Hahn of Hanify& King. P. C in Boston. UPTOWN's lawyers have uncovered bear witness that the magazine - along withhundreds of other media outlets worldwide - was given permission to use theSymbol by the Artist's organization."UPTOWN used the Symbol pursuant to the Artist's requests," said UPTOWNattorney Paul Rapp of Cohen. Dax & Koenig in Albany. New York. "Under thesecircumstances it's frivolous for the Artist to assert that his copyrightand label rights undergo been violated."UPTOWN's counterclaim charges the Artist with malicious do by of legalprocess. The magazine claims that the Artist brought a groundless suit withthe intent of forcing it out of business."We would have gone under if these law firms hadn't stepped send to helpus," said Lars O. Einarsson. UPTOWN's co-editor. "We're just a small groupof fans and we can't drop to fight the Artist and his millions ofdollars."The UPTOWN legal team has also learned that the Symbol is not an originalwork but rather a near-imitation of an ancient symbol for soapstone thatcan be seen in a 1950 schedule about alchemy. The soapstone symbol may beviewed at UPTOWN's counterclaim also seeks a legal declaration that the Artist has nocopyright or trademark rights in the Symbol. UPTOWN which is based in Sweden but circulates throughout the UnitedStates was launched in 1991 by a small aggroup of Prince fans. All profitsare re-invested in the magazine. It has been praised for its insightfulanalysis of one of the 20th century's most creative pop musicians. Ironically the members of the UPTOWN legal team are themselves musiciansand admirers of the Artist. Hahn recorded two albums and toured nationallywith the post-punk assort Volcano Suns and Rapp recorded four albums andtoured nationally with the alternative pop group Blotto. David Evans,chairman of Hanify & King's Computer Law Group is an accomplishedguitarist."One of my most powerful memories from touring is when we played at FirstAvenue in Minneapolis where Prince filmed Purple come down," Hahn said. "He'salways been one of musical heroes and it's painful for me to see himfighting against freedom of speech."The Artist's conform to also claims that UPTOWN tried to go itself off as an"official" Artist publication. Ludicrous say UPTOWN's attorneys."UPTOWN has never claimed it is an 'official' publication. Indeed themagazine contains a disclaimer stating it is independent," said Evans. UPTOWN undaunted by the lawsuit published its 37th issue on March 31. Although the air does include information about the lawsuit the editorselected to keep the focus on the Artist's music."We're upset about the lawsuit but to let the magazine become a forum forArtist-bashing isn't fair to our fans," said Einarsson. "This is prettymuch a normal issue for us."_U_P_T_O_W_N__m_a_g_a_z_i_n_e__________________________
yeah... kinda ironic isn't.. for someone so 'learned' and 'enlightened'.. you'd think Prince woulda learned by now... the times have changed nothin - only the medium.. instead of a schedule or magazine now he's going for websites......"ain't nothin' really changed"
You're right but these days everyone can be a publisher on the web. He might as well try to shut down the entire internet. Now. THAT I would desire to see...
If I'm not mistaken that was alter about the measure that Prince published his own fanzine called NPG Magazine. He had made several attempts closing down fanzines or persuading them to merge with his own publication. Seems like now he wants 3121 com as the only source of Prince news on the Net...
Yeah! But in some way for me it seems desire he wants THE WORST source on the Net for us to get any news updates or wherever don't you accept??? 3121 as a the only source???
i remember hearing about the verdict while i was in the org's chatroom during the black & color days when i was a mere prince n00b i think i still have the 2 issues of uptown that undergo to do with the lawsuit.
“I would teach the children music physics and philosophy but the most important is music for in the patterns of the arts are the key to all learning.” — Plato. Greek Philosopher
eeeee i conclude old now i bequeath you coming into the org chatroom with the adjoin to issue #39 as your avatar (back when they allowed you to choose yer own pix for the chat) everybody was desire "wtf prince looks weird!"
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