The heirs of Prince have a tribute to the singer removed

Prince was known to aggressively protect his copyrights and, even after his death, it appears that his rights holders continue to uphold his will: they asked for a video of a cover of "Purple Rain "by fans be removed from social networks.
A photojournalist from the Star Tribune, a local newspaper in Minneapolis, Prince Town, posted on Twitter a video of fans singing in unison in the "Purple Rain" street, the tube of the American legend of pop, the day of his death in 2016.
The video, which had been retweeted 13,500 times, has disappeared.
The journalist, Aaron Lavinsky, explained that the record company Universal Music, the copyright owner of Prince's songs, asked him to remove it.
Universal cited DCMA, a controversial 1998 law that is "an important tool for artists to protect their intellectual property on the Internet," Aaron Lavinsky noted on Twitter.
"But a big company is abusing the system to remove a video shot by the photographer from a newspaper, it's not correct," he added.
Asked by AFP, Universal did not answer.
Prince jealously guarded the broadcast of his works on the Internet during his career, including removing videos taken during his concerts or covers of his songs.
Universal had asked in 2007 that a homemaker remove from YouTube a 30-second video of her child dancing on Prince's tube "Let's Go Crazy."
The video is still available on the site.