| Re: OK, Idol, it's time to disqualify David Archuleta. |
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Group: alt.tv.americanidol · Group Profile
Author: KittynKittyn Date: May 9, 2008 23:34
On Sat, 10 May 2008 02:12:31 -0400, "PB" hotmail.com>
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>> That's the most idiotic thing I've ever heard! :-(
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>My super tinfoil hat wonders if maybe it was a pre-emptive strike against
>the other contestants who would have undoubtedly discovered that Archie got
>to spend more money on song rights acquisition that week than they did...
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>If that's not the case, the next question is more elementary.
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>They can keep Dadchuleta away from backstage, but they can't keep him off
>the phone with Archie.
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>Assuming that the report is legit, and there is nothing nefarious going on
>between Dadchuleta and AI TPTB, one way or the other Archie violated the
>licensing agreement, undoubtedly at Jeff's behest.
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>He may have known he was doing something wrong, or he may have simply been
>told it had been approved when it wasn't. (The latter being my personal
>belief.)
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>But either way...innocent or guilty...he's a proven loose cannon now. Can
>he really be trusted to sing on a live television show? I don't know how
>long their delay is. If it's 2 minutes, they can blank him out if Jeff does
>this thing again. If it's 30 seconds, it might be a bit worse...
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>I really have no idea what I would do if I was the AI TPTB assuming that the
>story is legit and non-nefarious in nature.
You really cannot keep him from talking to his son. But what you can
do is turn to the contract, which I am sure has a clause about having
to make sure the material you sing is cleared. I am also sure that if
you go against the contract, you can be held legally responsible for
any fees it costs the show. Then you have to go directly to the kid
and let him know that TPTB are the only ones that can let him know
what is clear and what isn't and that his father is no longer in
contact with the in terms of clearing material. If anything further
does happen, you can only presume that Archie was fully aware he was
doing something wrong.
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