Prince, the artist formerly known as an unpronounceable glyph formerly known as Prince, has launched a strike against his fans in an effort to get them to stop displaying his likeness, lyrics and pretty much anything else related to his persona on webpages dedicated to him. In response, three of the more prominent Prince fan sites —housequake.com, princefams.com and prince.org—have banded together to create PrinceFansUnited.com to counter the attacks, which they claim are "attempts to stifle all critical commentary about Prince" and say it violates their First Amendment rights. The joint statement points out that Prince and his lawyers have gone as far as to demand "removal of fan's own photographs of their Prince inspired tattoos and their vehicles displaying Prince inspired license plates." The sites hope that Prince will reconsider, but say they're prepared to defend their position in court should it come to that. www.princefansunited.com
