[Jackson posted a response to the Instagram issue on Twitter Wednesday evening. Read it here.)
BY MELISSA RUGGIERI
Don’t mess with the Rhythm Nation.
Janet Jackson is now apparently telling fans that her live content is not, in fact, “All for You.”
Earlier Tuesday, many Jackson fans found their Instagram accounts deleted after posting video of the singer in concert.
The offenders received an email from Instagram to inform them that their uploads violated copyright agreements, which would indicate Jackson’s camp instituted the lockdown.
Instagram has since said that only “repeat infringers” should have had their accounts deleted and that the bug that caused others’ accounts to disappear has been fixed.
But let’s look at the bigger issue here.
On Saturday, Don Henley mandated a strict no-phones, no-photos policy at his Cobb Energy PAC concert. Some fans loved that those who tend to spend concerts updating Facebook pages and texting friends were forced to keep their phones buried for a couple of hours.
Others felt that Henley’s militant stance was dictatorial, not fan friendly and certainly not a way to keep him viable within gotta-post-everything social media circles.
Henley wants fans to pay attention to the concert, yes. But he also doesn’t want uncontrolled images of himself floating around the Internet. Jackson seems to feel the same way.
It’s her content, her show, her rules. She is in “Control.”
But do you think that Jackson - who performed in Atlanta last month and returns in March --is alienating fans by taking such extreme measures? What is more important to you - the memory of the concert for yourself or sharing footage of it with everyone else? Sound off in the comments section.
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