Oh, Prince...

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As you may or may not know, Prince is notorious for the tight grip he holds on his music publishing and performance rights, to the point of sending take-down notices for fan transcriptions of his guitar solos. Fan forums devoted to The Artist have had to adopt the policy of prohibiting discussion of bootleg recordings, in hopes of avoiding lawsuits.

I'm reading an article right now about his guitar playing, which comments extensively on the frustrations of being a Prince fan and trying to learn his material when he won't publish sheet music, prohibits guitar magazine "how-to's" for his songs, and generally beats up the internet for looking at him funny.

The author of the article also provided, apparently in a spirit of naive optimism, a generous selection of YouTube video links. Let's see how well that turned out:

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This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Controversy Music.

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The YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated due to multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement.

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This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Controversy Music.

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This video is not available in your country.

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This video does not exist.

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This video does not exist.

I lol'd. What gives, Prince? Let the internet love you!