What's weird about not caring if a rich dude gets cheated out of what is probably, for him, a trifling amount of money that he probably doesn't need?

I agree that it was wrong of FOX to do it, just like it was wrong when they ripped off DJ Earworm and Greg Laswell, but Coulton is a Whiffenpoof. It's kind of hard to buy him as a beleaguered underdog when he's pulling in over 500k a year and has his own annual celebrity cruise.

He had to pay, but IIRC it's a low-fixed rate. He didn't need permission, though. Here's how I understand his current situation:

He classified his song as a cover rather than a derivative work, likely because it usually costs more to make a derivative work. That's why his arrangement isn't protected. It's ironic!

Actually, no!

Or talk over it. I love talking over it. Especially when bates and his big dumb face are on screen

But the whole point of the show is that the rich are sort of stupid (Hence Lord Grantham losing the estate's future because he's a fuckwit) and that their lifestyle can't withstand history (hence the family losing children and getting increasingly disgraced as the years wear on)

There's a difference between illogical things like flying a great distance on a giant bird whose language you speak and illogical things like the dwarves just standing around like morons.

There's a difference between illogical things like flying a great distance on a giant bird whose language you speak and illogical things like the dwarves just standing around like morons.

The Fucker knows what he's doing. But he's gone.

The Fucker knows what he's doing. But he's gone.

I think that at this point Malcolm is desperately trying to get back into government because he's realized that he's just not an opposition guy. Hes out of his comfort zone and into a space where his tricks don't work because he has less power backing him up.

I think that at this point Malcolm is desperately trying to get back into government because he's realized that he's just not an opposition guy. Hes out of his comfort zone and into a space where his tricks don't work because he has less power backing him up.

I think the problem is that American Politics, while just as prone to filthy ranting and filthy language (GWB apparently has a huge proclivity for creative profanity, and the fact that the actual menial work in the US is done by people who are much younger means it's a cruder workplace in general) is more put up on a…

I think the problem is that American Politics, while just as prone to filthy ranting and filthy language (GWB apparently has a huge proclivity for creative profanity, and the fact that the actual menial work in the US is done by people who are much younger means it's a cruder workplace in general) is more put up on a…

I think people, me included, are overeager for The Fucker to reappear for two main reasons: 
1 He's based on !!Andy Coulson!! who is tits deep in Hackgate and the Cameron Government

I think people, me included, are overeager for The Fucker to reappear for two main reasons: 
1 He's based on !!Andy Coulson!! who is tits deep in Hackgate and the Cameron Government

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It wasn't really Thatcherite across the board, hence Hacker being a vain pompous out of touch blowhard who often needs Humphrey to clean up after his disastrous policy decisions.

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It wasn't really Thatcherite across the board, hence Hacker being a vain pompous out of touch blowhard who often needs Humphrey to clean up after his disastrous policy decisions.

I think that it's probably more to do with the fucker not being recurring character material or not wanting to stick him alongside Malcolm. Since Coulson is up to his fucking ears in Hackgate and the back end of this season is supposed to be a Leveson-style ethics inquiry, it seems almost too good not to use him.