So damn wrongAhh, the messy world of pre-fab pop.

The story starts when staunch NZ music fan and long-time blogger Robyn Gallagher makes an innocuous post over at Idol Blog, pointing out that the debut single by NZ Idol runner-up Michael Murphy has, in fact, already been recorded by American band Vallejo. The song even got nominated for a Latin Grammy (yes, woo-hoo) in 2002.

Robyn provided a link to a download page for the song, for anyone wanting to compare our Michael's version with that of the 'original' (the guy who actually wrote the song was a member of the band that recorded it), at which point the musical pap hit the fan.

NZ Idol Exec Paul Ellis railed against Robyn in a NZ Herald article, accusing her of being...

...a person who commits fraud everyday by downloading songs ... This guy Robyn obviously went to Kazaa or LimeWire purposely to download the song.

Which, of course, is wrong on a couple of levels: Robyn being female for one, and the song being freely available for download via the link she posted on Idol Blog, and also from the band's own website. Naturally Robyn was a little pissed off, and you can see her letter to the NZ Herald editor, refuting Paul's claims here. There's also some discussion about it over at Robyn's livejournal and the nzidol livejournal blog.
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