Prince has demanded several of his biggest fan sites to remove images of him, even photos of fans’ tattoos.
Three websites have collectively formed ‘Prince Fans United’ in response to the demands, which they believe are an attack on their freedom of speech.
"It is our opinion that these threats are not made in an attempt to enforce valid copyright as Prince alleges in his threats, rather we believe they are attempts to stifle all critical commentary about Prince," a statement on princefansunited.com reads.
“We strongly believe that such actions are in violation of the freedom of speech and should not be allowed. Prince claims that fansites are not allowed to present any artwork with Prince's likeness, to the extreme that he has demanded removal of fans' own photographs of their Prince-inspired tattoos and their vehicles displaying Prince-inspired license plates."
