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Prince 2 Texters, Tweeters: I am coming 4 U, baby if U want me 2 Prince has a few letters for people who use his unique shorthand when they text or twitter: U R in trouble. According 2 a team of intellectual property lawyers hired by his Purple Badness, texters who infringe on his language shortcuts and abbreviations will B sued. Andre Frazier, who leads Prince's legal team, dubbed Prince and the Litigation, said texters are illegally using the singer's copyrighted symbols and unique spellings. "Prince is a lyrical genius and this part of his musical heritage must be preserved," said Frazier. "This is the telephonic equivalent of Pat Boone singing Little Richard's 'Tootie Frutie,' right?" Prince, who at one time went by an unpronounceable symbol instead of a name, used text abbreviations in songs such as "I Would Die 4 U," "Take Me With U" and "U Got The Look." His liner notes were full of numbers and letters used to symbolize complete words, as well. Frazier said Prince is particularly upset at "sexting," which is the use of abbreviations and naughty language delivered through text messaging. "It's double thievery," said Frazier. "First, it steals his unique iconography and it steals Prince's unique sexiness. No one was sexy before Prince, so how can they be sexting without violating my client's intellectual and sexual property rights? I implore you!" Prince could turn his legal and sexy powers toward Twitter, which recently received another $100 million infusion from investors on a valuation of $1 billion. "A billion dollars!" said Frazier. "After we're done with them they're be called, 'The company formerly known as solvent.'" Geoff Mandrell, world champion texter, said he has already been alerted by the legal team. "wtf. he cant do this 2 me? lol" Mandrell said in a text message interview. "im f-n twitter this." According to Frazier, "WTF" is the original title of Prince's "Darling Nicky."
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