“Simon Cowell is considering launching legal proceedings against iTunes after fans were prevented from downloading X-Factor winner Leon Jackson’s single.” Carl Stroud reports for The Sun.
“Demand melted the music firm’s servers shortly after When You Believe went on sale at midnight on Saturday,” Stroud reports. “The problem was only resolved some 15 hours later.”
“An insider at SonyBMG said: ‘Everybody here is up in arms. There’s been a monumental cock up. Simon is hugely disappointed about the situation and is considering launching legal proceedings. Everybody is really upset for Leon and don’t want technical malfunctions to mar his big week,'” Stroud reports. “A spokesperson for iTunes declined to comment.”
Full article here.
PR plant. ‘Tis no surprise that The Sun ran it immediately.
Is this relevant to anyone’s life? The general IQ of American seems to be plummeting every moment. I saw a television program about guys playing video game football. A television program about a video game. Will there be a program about people watching a program about video games? Sheeesh. Why have the reality checks been delayed in the mail?
Is this relevant to anyone’s life? The general IQ of American seems to be plummeting every moment. I saw a television program about guys playing video game football. A television program about a video game. Will there be a program about people watching a program about video games? Sheeesh. Why have the reality checks been delayed in the mail?
Is this relevant to anyone’s life? The general IQ of American seems to be plummeting every moment. I saw a television program about guys playing video game football. A television program about a video game. Will there be a program about people watching a program about video games? Sheeesh. Why have the reality checks been delayed in the mail?
Is this relevant to anyone’s life? The general IQ of American seems to be plummeting every moment. I saw a television program about guys playing video game football. A television program about a video game. Will there be a program about people watching a program about video games? Sheeesh. Why have the reality checks been delayed in the mail?
The only things gay Simon’s and drunk Paula’s little show have reliably produced are cheap entertainment and country music stars.
While I do agree iTMS needed to address the problem much sooner, in a world where people camp outside stores for days to buy things, it’s not a big deal. If anyone was hurt here it was Apple.
Whatever, let Simon sue. I’d love to see him take his condecending tone with any judge! Contempt of court, baby. Do we see another Paris-in-jail fiasco coming?
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Firstly, as much as I’d like to deny it, this is a story about the UK version of X-Factor which is Cowell ripping off the original Pop Idol/American Idol format.
Secondly, I don’t understand how any “journalist” (or even someone who works for any of Murdoch’s tabloid “news” operations) would fail to see the minor flaw in SonyBMG’s “leak” which is that – despite being on sale for three days through iTunes – this karaoke cover version of a pretty saccharine song has sold less copies than the competition winner from the previous year sold in the first hour.
This suggests any number of interpretations: how about people thought about buying it, then had an attack of taste and spent their money on something else. Or maybe, and I’m just pulling something out of the air here, it’s crap.
So there is more than a slim possibility that Cowell and SonyBMG are trying to cover up the artist’s lack of credibility with the hip, digital download marketplace by blaming Apple and iTS.
Simon is a monumental dick, and MCCFR, I’m behind you all the way, Murdoch is a monumental dick as well. There all you apologists, suck on that for a while.
“Everybody is really upset for Leon and don’t want technical malfunctions to mar his big week”
Is that someone at SonyBMG admitting that Leon’s song sucks and demand for his song is going tank after a week and his career is going absolutely nowhere like every other reality TV singing show winner?
I have yet to see any corroboration from any source that Simon is contemplating action, neither have I seen anything to suggest that any single song would be capable of ‘melting’ the iTunes servers.
Sounds like typical ‘Sun’ newspaper cr@p to me.
Simon, you ignorant slut, you don’t seem to understand that crashing the server means the guy is freaking popular. What an idiot.
“Everybody is really upset for Leon and don’t want technical malfunctions to mar his big week.”
What a LOAD. Simon cares only about ONE thing: money in Simon’s pocket. He lost out on some revenue from would-be customers who would have only made a spur-of-the-moment purchase. Now he’s contemplating suing to further line his pockets. What an asshole.
a) bad analogy, misrepresents of radical socialism.
b) neo-cons were always idiots, an idiot can’t be a radical anything.
mw: door, as in when will c1 knock on mine.
I thought they voted Simon off….
(and as usual, the libs that are crybabies have no answers, only whining)
Simon Cowell S@#KS monumental COCK, and so do his stupid shows. This is a case he’ll never win – I’m POSITIVE Apple put a clause in their contracts with artists and record companies that protects Apple from this sort of thing.
American Idol is one of the most sorry-ass excuses for televised entertainment in history.
Leon who? X-factor? Never heard of either of them and don’t care to.
So I am to believe this jackass’s song had such high demand that it crashed the servers? Yeah, right.
Gandalf,
“Murdoch is just after money and power, what was the James Bond movie based on him?”
Was it ‘Octopussy’?
After all, he is a multi-tentacled, slimy little c**t, now isn’t he?
iTunes declined to comment? I didn’t realize that software could do that. :/
Murdoch is just after money and power, what was the James Bond movie based on him?
the world is not enough
TheConfuzed1,
Only Apple software.
Crikey, between off-scented camel stank and zun etc, . eff these trolls. Bye bye.
THE SUN IS A LIAR!!!
Before you guys come up with every answer, it was Tomorrow Never Dies – the villain was Elliot Carver who was played by Jonathan Pryce.
So Simon Cowells’s latest puppet has not sold as many songs as he wanted… Big deal!
I’m sure that he don’t need the money.
Besides, Leon will only have career for 6 months anyway until Simon drops the singer for some other talentless drone that can be manipulated to Simon’s profit and personal bank account.
I say bring it on!
Apple will eat that selfish asshole for breakfast.
Apple saves us from this dirge sung by Frank Sinatra’s bastard love child. The World of music thanks you Steve Jobs.
American Idol is one of the most sorry-ass excuses for televised entertainment in history.
At least Paula’s still hot, even if she’s drunk/wasted/insane/whatever.
Anyway, forget Idol. YouTube for “The Gong Show” sometime.
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