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Normally, I’m all about simply facts and information. I put something up that I figure people can learn from, and I’m happy with that. But there’s a darker side…a side that enjoys laughing at someone. Luckily, we have people like Prince around to provide that someone.

You remember Prince, right? Used to be king of the music business? Well, it seems that it’s not just the big music labels who seem befuddled by the direction music is moving in.

From an interview with The Mirror :

He explains that he decided the album will be released in CD format only in the Mirror. There’ll be no downloads anywhere in the world because of his ongoing battles against internet abuses.

Unlike most other rock stars, he has banned YouTube and iTunes from using any of his music and has even closed down his own official website.

Yes indeed, while most other artists are fighting their labels for the right to be able to use their own music and videos, Prince is going the other way and restricting access to his stuff all by himself. And why?

He says: "The internet’s completely over. I don’t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won’t pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can’t get it.

"The internet’s like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good.

"They just fill your head with numbers and that can’t be good for you."

Yes ladies and gentlemen, we might as well all log off this Internet thing and move on because apparently it’s headed in the same direction that the dinosaurs went.

I mean, there WAS that poll that showed the majority of Brits polled enjoy music digitally…but hey, what do they possibly know about how they should be listening to music? Prince will set them straight. And Youtube is immensely popular, among the most visited websites online…but hey, it’s on that Internet thing that’s choking and dying as I type this, right?

Ah, Prince.