"Taylor" <lukebenward@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Archuleta's Dad Banished from "Idol"
> Posted May 9th 2008 8:55PM by TMZ Staff, NTVLand
>
> TMZ has learned David Archuleta's dad, Jeff, has been officially
> banned from "American Idol."
>
> Here's how it went down. "Idol" sources tell TMZ Jeff has been a
> complete pain in the ass, interfering with the entire production. He
> has badgered producers, the band, vocal coaches and even other
> contestants. The final straw came this week, when Jeff wanted to
> change the lyrics to David's first song, "Stand By Me." Jeff insisted
> on adding a verse from Sean Kingston's hit, "Beautiful Girls."
> Producers sent him an e-mail telling him the lyrics could not be
> changed. They were beyond pissed when David sang the song with
> Kingston's lyrics during the live show.
>
> We're told by changing the lyrics, it created problems with the song's
> publisher and cost "A.I." a lot of money.
Yeah, absolutely. In the Byzantine web of rights to music, an artist has
an
absolute right to perform and record any song listed by a public rights
distribution agency but cannot change the words.
Now they will need, ex post facto (as we lawyers say), to negotiate a
specific and much higher performance fee directly with the publi****ng
company. And AI will have to take their offer or face litigation over
damages for infringement, PLUS they could be unable to sell the tune on
iTunes.
Jeff could misbehave all he wanted, apparently, until he committed the
capital sin -- interfering with AI's income stream.
Well, thank heaven for the recording industry. It gives lawyers and
journalists someone to look down on, ethically.
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