Prince is fed up with people stealing his music, and he isn’t taking it anymore. The artist formerly known as a symbol has hired the anti-piracy firm Web Sheriff to put the fear of god (or at least the fear of litigation) into sites like YouTube, The Pirate’s Bay and eBay that don’t respect the purple one’s copyrights. If Web Sheriff is successful, look for other major artists to follow suit.
Let’s finish out the working week with a buncha linkage:
- Stevie Wonder and Wilco each played mind blowing concerts in Chicago this week
- Billy Joel will play a run of concerts to close Shea Stadium after the 2008 baseball season
- J Mascis and Dinosaur Jr.’s recent reunion tour was partially funded by Joe Camel
- Bready shares some photos and thoughts from Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah’s recent gig at the Blender in NYC
- Bob Dylan has announced a post ACL festival show at Stubb’s tomorrow night
- Activision has sold more than $4 million in Guitar Hero 2 song packs [via thedailyswarm]
- The Cure has rescheduled their North American tour for next spring
- Neil Young will give fans who buy tickets to his upcoming tour a copy of Chrome Dreams II
- The Wolfgang’s Vault lawsuit is getting nastier by the day
- Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian attended a Van Halen rehearsal, and filed this report
- Check out a couple of clips from Pearl Jam’s new DVD
- Tommy Lee has quit Motley Crue
That’s all the links we have for this week, but check back on Monday for a whole new slew. Let us know if we missed any worthwhile stories below…
