More Idol Dramz
A musicians union has filed a federal lawsuit against the producers of American Idol claiming musicians were underpaid because the show's live music was re-recorded for reruns, according to new reports.
Idol makes soooooo much money!
Why are they trying to be cheapy Mimi?????
The lawsuit alleges that the contract for the musicians working for the show says that they should be paid royalties for rebroadcasts of the show.
The producers are required to pay 75 percent of scale to musicians who appear in the original show and rehearsals, plus 10 percent of that pay to a union pension fund, with decreasing percentages for each rebroadcast, according to court papers.
In 2007, the producers started cutting out the show's soundtrack and using different musicians to re-record new music for the past-season highlights show American Idol Rewind, the lawsuit said.
The court papers say the musicians' union was not informed of the recording.
Phone messages left Thursday night with Idols reps weren't returned.
Their lawyers probably told them to keep their mouths shut!
[Image via WENN.]
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