Prince, Record Label Go Crazy over Dancing Baby

16. THIS WHOLE THING IS CRAZY, THERE WAS NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND NOTHING WRONG WAS DONE !!!

Posted at 1:13PM on Oct 27th 2007 by robert

17. I can understand if the person was posting a released video, but that mother already purchased the music, and was enjoying it by having her child dance on the video. Prince has gone over the top.

Posted at 1:15PM on Oct 27th 2007 by Chris C

18.
Prince is a pauper & a racist low class low IQ bitch - hung like a weasel.

Posted at 1:20PM on Oct 27th 2007 by V

19. so let's all boycott the record company? does anyone have a e-mail address that we can post so we can e-mail them and tell them we will not buy there products ? let start a grass root effort because this stuff just get more and more crazy everyday.this family did not profit from this video in anyway, so whats there beef ?

Posted at 1:16PM on Oct 27th 2007 by tired of cry babys

20. yes, this is ridiculous! however, prince did get a lot of people to notice him by filing his lawsuit, and to listen to some of his music--suppose he's crazy like a fox? just sayin'.

Posted at 1:16PM on Oct 27th 2007 by the paps groupie

21. The Artist Fomerly/Otherwise Known as Prince, is a freaking Fruit-Loop! He is in terrible need of a REAL life - Go Get One, you little, little man!

Posted at 1:18PM on Oct 27th 2007 by Hideous

22. Wait, why isnt Fischer Price in on this one??? Isnt that free advertisement for them? How dare they!!! And the kitchen!!! Oh boy....I cant BELIEVE they had the nerve to record in the kitchen without Home Depot's consent!!!! And the LIGHTING!!! Is the electric company not paying attention to YOUTUBE? Dont they realize peope are using LIGHT to record videos and then having the nerve to post it up!!!

;P

Posted at 1:17PM on Oct 27th 2007 by JessBcuz

23. Maybe I'm going deaf, but I could hardly make out the song. She could have been playing chopsticks, I wasn't listening to the music, I was watching the baby.

Business must be slow for Prince if that's all he has to worry about.

Posted at 1:17PM on Oct 27th 2007 by jmo

24. Before you know it, they will be asking all the people who post Youtube videos singing other artists songs to take it down.

To poster #6, then everyone on youtube who posts a video dancing, singing, or performing to someone else's song is breaking Youtube policy.

My goodness, so many uptight people! The music was already purchased, and it wasn't like the mother was trying to sell anything off of the baby dancing to the song.

Get over it!

Posted at 1:18PM on Oct 27th 2007 by Chris C

25. this is so silly its not even funny. prince or any other celeb should be thankful for all that they have and not be greedy and want more. this is a small child having fun and his mom recording it. i used to be a fan of his but over the past few yrs due to his ignorance i am no longer a fan. i agree with some of the celebs on the whole music stealing issue. how many singers or groups from the 80's would be proud that the music they make is even still being played? everyone faces a time in their life that they have to GROW UP. prince your time has long past that point. so grow up and maybe someone might buy your next album if your even good enough to produce 1. you are an ungrateful, self centered, selfish human being. to bad you have to pick on an 18 month old child dancing to your music, just to get a headline anymore. you are pathetic and nothing more than a joke to the whole world.

Posted at 1:20PM on Oct 27th 2007 by brad

26. I'm a lawyer. It's a legal issue. You can't marry intellectual property you don't own to a video or film you create. You're technically stealing the material. The statutory damages are in excess of $100,000 per infringement, so you'd better think twice before you rationalize using something that isn't yours. You have a right to make an archival copy of the music for yourself, you have a right to create a parody of it, you have a right to use it for educational purposes. Outside of that, you have to pay.

Posted at 2:00PM on Oct 27th 2007 by DP

27. Give the people a break! GREED. Prince is a real bitch. What is her problem? No record sales? Is Prince going to sue Barney for being purple next?

Posted at 2:25PM on Oct 27th 2007 by jimsfca

28. Yet another mother who thinks their kid is just adorable, so post it to the world! Why can't this just be shared with her family and friends? Like it or not, there are laws and we must abide by them. Prince is not the culprit, this woman is. I mean who does this?
She may be trying to get the "18 month old" a TV/Movie contract....way to go, lady, sell
your kid already.

Posted at 1:21PM on Oct 27th 2007 by Here we go...

29. Isn't the point of music is having people hear it? It's a twenty year old song by a has-been....he should be glad someone played it.

Posted at 1:22PM on Oct 27th 2007 by TomTom

30. What I'm failing to understand here is exactly what Prince and Universal is afraid of, regarding this clip. Are they afraid that we'll sit and listen to it on repeat instead of legally buying the entire song or album? A 29 second clip featuring jumbled background music does not an illegal download make. And props to the woman who didn't allow herself to be pushed around by a disillusioned multi-billion dollar company.

Posted at 1:25PM on Oct 27th 2007 by kimberly