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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 1999 by Furman, Phyllis

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Mar. 3 -- THE ARTIST WHO cast off his own name is fighting to keep anyone else from using it.

The Artist Formerly Known as Prince has started 1999 with a legal battle against alleged cyberspace and publishing copycats.

In three law suits filed late last week in Manhattan Federal Court, the pop star accused a group of Web sites and magazines of copyright and trademark infringement.

The last time the pop star strutted into court he successfully "emancipated" himself from his recording contract with Warner Bros.

This time the Artist claims his picture, recordings -- and even his famous two-dimensional symbol -- have been unlawfully pirated by several parties including a British magazine...

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