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IDENTITY CONFIRMATION or ACCOUNT DELETION?
Hi,=====================================================================================
This is Minh Than the Site Director of Total Pop Star. I noticed that
you are upset about the site and competition. Yet when I go to your
info page you neither list a name or anything else about yourself.
Kindly state who you really are, and what your reasons for being on
this site are. What specifically are you so upset about with the site
and competition. Please respond by 3pm (PST) or your account will be
deleted.
Regards,
Minh Than
Site Director
Total Pop Star
p: 310.858.5548 x232
f: 818.761.9235
minh@totalpopstar.com
(Note: The email message above was sent to those who has reportedly commented on critical issues at the TPS Finale Episode. Some of the recipients of this message claimed that they indeed had a valid account, informations, and a "guest and supporter" even proved his identity by posting his own videos, as required by TPS to any contestant.)
ON SESAC, BMI, and ASCAP LICENSE......An investigation by an offended contestant.
=====================================================================================HI <name witheld upon request>,I'm <name withheld> from Total Pop Star. Guess what! I've been posting & doing some research
about the competition and I found a lot of things. Ok FIRST OF ALL, they have disabled my
posting comments!! OMG!! They did that right after I posted this:"If TOTAL POP STAR has current licenses with BMI, ASCAP & SESAC, then how come I went to
all the sites & found no Press or News about TOTAL POP STAR nor any of the judges!!
****SESAC.COM - performing rights organization, Without a license from a performing rights
organization, music users are in danger of copyright infringement. ****ASCAP.COM - ASCAP
is a membership association of more than 320,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and
music publishers of every kind of music. ASCAP protects the rights of its members by licensing
and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted works.
BMI.COM -BMI is a performing right organization: It collects license fees on behalf of its song-
writers, composers and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members
whose works have been performed....I've searched all over the sites, all 3, for any licensing
under all 3 judges names, and of course TOTALPOPSTAR.COM. TPS claims (says so at the
bottom of the screen) "This competition maintains current public performance licenses from
the following agencies: BMI, ASCAP & SESAC "..Seems as though they r using those logos to
look LEGIT, when in fact they're NOT. What other answers are left? I mean, why have I searched
endlessly, especially on the 3 sites, to be disappointed at the end to not find any licenses for this
competition!!??..I'm not stupid, look it up you guys and tell me what u find because for me, I found
absolutely NOTHING!!"Anyway, I kept refreshing the totalpopstar.com HOMEPAGE and as I looked all the way at the
bottom, it first said "Website managment by www.appleboxdesign.com".. Then I refreshed the
page and looked if anything will change, and I was right on the money, then it said
"Los Angeles Website Design by DBurns Design " which is www.dburnsdesign.com
... All of the sudden, I refreshed it again in 5 minutes, it changed back to the Appleboxdesign.com .
They are trying to be slick on changing some things w/o us knowing. It's so obvious that they
disabled my commenting because they ARE in fact ONLINE right now!!!
Since I cant post any comments, You must tell all the other contestants about this. They gotta for
sure know that totalpopstar.com has no current licenses with BMI, ASCAP, or SESAC. It's all a
bunch of BS!! I can't be the only one who sees this!Pls email me back and let's keep in touch. Thank you so much.
(name withheld upon request)
(From what we learned, Total Pop Star site was now being managed by Appleboxdesign.com. We sent an email to DBurnsdesign.com asking whether they are co-managing the site. They replied saying that they stopped working on TPS site since June 2008, and they doesn't want the link to their site to be posted on any site that is not related to them.)
...(some alleged glitches), and Finalists Text Voting (U.S. only)On Season 1 Deadline, Votes reverting Back to Zero
Sent by: Total Pop Star <info@totalpopstar.com>
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| TPS Programmers Working Overtime Thank you everyone for your comments. We have been working feverishly all weekend fixing the system to make sure all of the finalists have been listed on the site. Honestly, we don't know what happened because all of the finalists were there prior to us going into finals mode. Everything should be fixed and working, and we'll extend the voting period for a few days to give everyone a chance. ![]() As for the text votes, this was designed to give your FANS the opportunity to vote for you. The text voting was never intended for people to just vote for themselves. The competition is free and we do not expect you to vote for yourself. We throw it out to the public to see what kind of response people get. It helps us figure out whether or not the contestant has any commercial appeal. If no one is willing to vote their favorite into the finals, are they really going to buy the single or album when it comes out? Those of you who think the texting is just a chance for us to make a ton of money, are mistaken. The texting does help us pay the bills but barely. We get less than half of the text money, the other half goes to the text company. We have invested over a million dollars into the site and the series. To date we have brought in about $3000 in text messaging so we only need another $997,000 before we break even. So once again people making claims that we are making money are definitely mistaken. Our purpose for doing the competition is to find new talent and make music with them. We do this because we love it and know that our rewards will come down the road. ![]() There are a few people on the site who are just there to create controversy. Perhaps they are just disgruntled because they didn't make the finals. These certain individuals are creating a number of FAKE profiles with nothing more than an email. We are in the process of tracking their IP address to see exactly who it is. If you know anyone who is doing this kindly report this to Minh immediately so we can put an end to it. So far we have had a very fun and exciting competition and we don't want a few negative people to ruin it for everyone. Now, it's back to work because we have so many great people it's really hard to choose. Sincerely, Andrew Van Slee Executive Producer Total Pop Star ![]() |
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From: Manny De Guzman, Jr. <mannydeguzmanjrartist@yahoo.com>
Subject: Urgent message...
To: lambert_917@yahoo.com
Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008, 2:04 AM
Hello Lambert. I had an urgent message for you regarding TOTAL POPSTAR. On around 7:00 UTC, 4:00 pm Phil. Local time, I tried to place votes on some of my finalists friends and was surprised to find out that the votes declined. Some of them returned to 200 or 800 that they aren't considered finalist anymore. Others continue to rise up, some maintains the 1000 votes and higher. But worst, some were back to zero votes. I don't know how this happens, but I had messaged you to give this warning and be safe. I would suggest to NOT PLACE ANY VOTE ON. I don't know how you got that big votes, and I'm afraid it wont be counted anymore if you place vote at this moment and you'll be back to where you start from. So again, please tell your friends to NEVER PLACE VOTE at this moment until I or we find out what's going on. I hope you'll read this message in time!
:( MANNY DE GUZMAN, JR.
TOTAL POPSTAR versus AMERICAN IDOL?!
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| NEW TPS FEATURE: VIDEO BIO Dear TPS Contestants & Fans/Judges: In order to learn more about you, we have added a new feature to the site: VIDEO BIOThe VIDEO BIO will give you the opportunity to tell us a little bit more about yourself. Where you live, what kind of music you like, favourite artist, when you started singing, if you play any instruments, why people should vote for you and so on. If you want to get really creative you can do a video of your town or school, introduce us to your friends, your parents, whatever you like. So think about what you'd like to do and DO IT! Here's what you need to do: 1. Shoot your VIDEO BIO. 2. Log onto totalpopstar.com. 3. In the Edit Profile section there's an "Upload Your Video Profile" field. 4. Locate and choose your Video Bio file. 5. Hit submit, and that's it! Also if you really want us to get to know you upload some more pictures! Good luck!Andrew Van Slee Executive Producer/Judge REMINDER! BRITNEY SPEARSVIDEO CHALLENGE ![]() ![]() TPS loves Britney and we alsolove giving away500 extra bonusvotes to the winners of our challenges.The topprize is either 500 VOTES or an Ipod Touch.Winner's choice! ![]() Please upload yourBritney Spearsvideo on the Total Pop Star website to the Pop/Rock Category. Getstarted today! Britney videos will be judged on originality, creativity and performance. Good luck! |
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TOTAL POPSTAR Season 1 Finalists Announcement (TOP 7)Sent by: Total Pop Star <info@totalpopstar.com>
| Announcing Total Pop Stars Top Finalists! Visit www.totalpopstar.com now to find who is coming to HOLLYWOOD! The competition has been fierce and we have selected seven TPS Finalists to come to Hollywood and compete in the Finale Showdown for the title of: Total Pop Star Season 1 Award Winner 2008 While at the site, check out the latest reaction videos posting by the finalists! They are excited to say the least! ![]() To enter the TPS Season 2 click here. Good luck to everyone! And, remember to keep clicking on our sponsor banner ads. Sponsors enable Total Pop Star to bring the dream to singers everywhere! |
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