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Prince is cool in that he doesn't put up with all the corporate bullshit. He changed his moniker to that symbol, so he could produce more albums with different record companies, Warner Bros., don't own the rights to that "symbol".
No. He did it to upset Warner Brothers, but he was still contractually bound to them. You can't just go make albums with another company because you change your name.
I thought he was only contractually bound with the name Prince? I coulda swore he changed it, so he didn't have the obligation....hey, I've been wrong in the past. Now I'm interested....
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I think this is the story.
In his contract with warner, that they signed in the early 90's, he had to put out 8 albums. He changed his name in that symbol in the middle '90, but he was still working with Warner Bros.
At the end of the 8th album, he was "free" to decide with who work.
Then he let Emi - Arista to distribute albums, with that name "The Artist formerly known as Prince" - with the Symbol.
At the end of the 1999, warner didn't own the rights about the name "PRINCE", so he was back to be "Prince".
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