Radiohead have been chatting about Prince's latest OTT attempt to stop the kids from posting footage of his live gigs on the old internet. Prince performed a cover of Radiohead's 'Creep' at the recent Coachella festival, and fans posted footage of it on YouTube et al. But Prince – who has proved to be very tetchy when it comes to fans being fans online – has had his legal people on the case and had the files removed over claims of copyright infringement. Except that the copyright on the song belongs to Radiohead, and the copyright on the film to whoever shot it – so technically Prince doesn't have a copyright claim.
Told about Prince's latest net policing in a recent interview, web friendly Yorke said: "Really? He's blocked it? Surely we should block it. Hang on a moment. Well, tell him to unblock it. It's our ... song."
Prince, of course, was something of an early innovator when it came to using the net to connect with fans, but he has become tetchy of late whenever he sees others posting footage of his gigs, or photos, or what not, on video sharing sites or message boards. As previously reported, he last year took moves to stop an online fan group from operating over copyright infringement claims.