Read This: Prince has never really gotten the hang of this whole internet thing

To the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a civil liberty group, Prince is an enemy of free speech in his zealous overuse of takedown notices and legal threats, sometimes for material he does not even own. In this case, his vendetta feels personal. “Yeah,” says one fan, “he hates the internet.” But the article suggests that history and technology are not on Prince’s side in this matter. It is no longer feasible to cling to the days of physical media, lucrative though that era may have been for A-list musicians. But part of the blame for his dissatisfaction with the new way of doing things must be shared by the streaming services themselves, who have not exactly been forthcoming about their financial practices and the fair and proper distribution of royalties. But Prince’s reluctance to play by the current rules may be hurting his career and legacy, the article suggests. Dani Leigh, who had the honor of performing on a recent Prince album, admits: “I know a lot of younger kids who don’t know Prince and don’t realize who he is.”