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Prince criticises U2 for giving away music for free
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 3 October 2014
Prince has criticised U2 for cutting a deal with Apple to release their new album for free through iTunes. He suggested that, despite the band getting paid, making the music free to the consumer is damaging for other artists.
“That’s a designer deal… of course they got paid”, he told the Associated Press. “But what about the others?”
So that’s Prince there, the man who once did a deal to release his album for free with popular music magazine the Mail On Sunday. And on another occasion gave away an album with concert tickets.
