UK record stores go bonkers over Prince giving away new CD

[trekgeezer]

Jeeze, a guy can't do what he wants with his own intellectual property?


http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2114557,00.html

[Andrew]

Well, no - it endangers the unethical monopoly that the record companies wish to preserve.

[raj]

"It would be an insult to all those record stores who have supported Prince throughout his career," ERA co-chairman Paul Quirk told a music conference."

Um, no.  The stores are there to make money, not supporting any particular artist.