American Idol jumps his contract

I saw this the other day online and thought to myself, "now, I can't imagine his American Idol contract allows him to do that." And sure enough, it does not. See American Idol's David Cook's digital MP3 album yanked from Amazon. The gist of what happened was that this kid David Cook (who is probably going to finish in the top 2 or 3 of this year's poorly rated contest) decided that he didn't want to go through the proper channels and make a quick buck by releasing some tunes through another vendor seemingly unaffiliated with American Idol. See 'Idol' Singer a Ringer? David Cook's Album Already Out.

Needless to say, it's a fair assumption that whatever contract he has signed with American Idol precludes him from doing so. And as quick as that story of his "unauthorized hits" came (story broke April 21), the free-for-all has been plugged (news reports April 22 that it's gone).

Speaking of which, it's time to what Jason Castro walk off into that great Hawaiian sunset of music television oblivion.

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