Frankly, you could probably get somebody to create new music for you probono that would be just as good. Sure, you’d lose the irony of that part of the message, but you also wouldn’t have the strange transitions between songs.

Check it out while you can:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wIr9qSWKlw

I don’t think the song writer/performer will mind. :-)

The obvious solution here is to stop using copyrighted music, or to get the appropriate licensing for it.

Let me just say, “Duh.” You can’t use someone’s music without licensing it.

That said, YouTube would not exist if not for pirated content. I’ve uploaded videos; YouTube reminds you not to post anything that isn’t yours. So, take it all down… all the TV clips, all the music videos, everything that actually drives traffic there.

We need to open up copyright laws for more liberty. We also need to limit the terms to 14 years, that would solve 80%+ of the problem.

Tim Burton on September 30, 2008 at 7:49 PM

And force more tax money out of middle class citizens and corporations while we are at it. Income redistribution sucks dude. There is no justification what so ever for reducing the duration of a copyright on any artistic tangible asset. As long as the artist is alive they deserve to maintain control of any and all revenues that their artistic work produces.

I’m less inclined to see this as a copyright infringement.

Don’t you mean you’re more inclined to see this as a copyright infringement?

These are being taken down for one reason only, to protect the dems. If the videos are plastered on under many different titles around the 3AM hour it is less likely Youtube will be able to take them all down, worse comes to worse they’ll have to chop up, manipulate, and cut a few songs together, but from my knowledge with my work if a song is added with video not owned by the same company they have an extremely hard time claiming copyright infringement.

Selective copyright claims are applied to silence political views that aren’t PC. Corporate leftists love it. Vermin.

If you find something worth saving on Scroo-Tube, there is software to save the browser cache file as a regular file.

A brilliant anti-manmade Global Warming video was yanked using the same fishy excuse. The original had some hard-hitting German heavy metal. Had a feeling it was going to get pulled. Real funny how the average person can’t make a deal that re-popularizes old work.

Not advocating breaking the law; I’m just sayin’.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/09/021644.php

how about the video posted on powerlineblog with the congressmen/women proclaiming nothing was wrong w/fannie & freddie. also good:

Sapwolf on September 30, 2008 at 7:20 PM

Here is the link to the new “copyright ok” version.

I will never be able to hear the name ‘Jim Johnson’ again without hearing that AC/DC track. I don’t own that record, though, and I sure as hell won’t *buy* it now.

Good that it’s been redone and is back in the public eye.

Why have they not redone it yet and released to meet copywright statndards?

It is the best quick explanation of what REALLY happened that led to this.

1) Forced bad loans.
2) Selling mortgage to F/F.
3) F/F securitizing it, selling it with implicit government backup.
4) F/F billions sent to politicians, mostly Dems, to keep it going.
5) Obama fighting Citibank via ACORN to force them to make MORE bad loans.

Get it out there, damnit.

It’s not like anyone has heard or cared for this song in decades.

AubieJon on September 30, 2008 at 3:51 PM

Hey, I like a lot of those songs!

moxie_neanderthal on September 30, 2008 at 5:10 PM

Did you realize that those lyrics are copyrighted as well? You shouldn’t publish/post them without consent, I’m just sayin’…

Enjoy.

batter on September 30, 2008 at 6:50 PM

Thanks for the link. Posted it on my blog.

TheMouthPeace has posted one (link above) and so has Mulligan.

Burning Down The House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis?

Click above or: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZVw3no2A4

Enjoy.

Did you hear about the new hot dog over at Fenway, it’s called Barney’s Frank, and if you don’t like it, you can shove it up your asss!

reshas1 on September 30, 2008 at 5:37 PM

…clever…terribly homophobic, and probably racist as well (although I don’t know how it could be)…but clever.

…wait a minute…I’m terribly homophobic, generally speaking, which is anywhere Rep. Frank is concerned…so all we need to address is the charge of racism….

…and, since I made it…nevermiiiiiiiiind….

…good…that settled. Clever.

It’s pretty jarring, because the word is used several times in a row. Makes you wonder why he chose to use that song if the content offended him.

What the hell is wrong with British cigarettes, anyway?

No songs, no problem.

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This also shows a very disturbing trend. It seems that, increasingly, Republicans are excluded from using or listening to any music, even though they pay and do what’s legal to obtain it.

If the entire music industry is against us, we must do something to counteract it, and fast.

The obvious solution here is to stop using copyrighted music, or to get the appropriate licensing for it. Maybe that wouldn’t be quite as clever….

…nail on the head, old man. Stealing is stealing…even if it’s stealing from folks who would give the music to those who would wreck democracy and impose an ueber-state, but expect a bucket of blood from you….

Intellectual property is property, and the owner can dispose of it as he sees fit…even if he’s a noron.

The suggestion of Eyeblast is excellent, as well. Why the hell should YouTube — considering their shennanigans in the past — have a monopoly. I like diversity — I mean real diversity — especially in the marketplace.