San Francisco - In his latest effort to control use of his music and likeness on the Internet, recording artist Prince has served a lawsuit on the creators of a 81-track cover song tribute compilation -- made in honor of Prince's 50th birthday on June 7 -- and demanded that all copies be destroyed, The Daily Swarm reported, citing the Norwegian daily Dagbladet.

Fifty Norwegian artists who contributed tracks to Norway-based label C+C Records' "Shockdelica" album, which entered that country's official charts this week at No. 8, have been sued thus far.

The label maintains that no one involved has made any money on the project, which included a first run of 5,000 CDs and digital distribution via the label's website.

Under the standard compulsory license associated with releasing cover songs, the label would owe about $8 per copy sold to Prince, Wired.com estimated.

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http://snipurl.com/2pjr3 (The Daily Swarm)

http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2008/06/10/537749.html

http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/06/prince-sues-to.html

http://www.ccrecords.musikkonline.no/shop/displayAlbum.asp?id=34576