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EFF Releases "The Tinseltown Club"

Posted by chrisd on from the all-hail-the-floating-head-of-seth-david-schoen dept.

Seth Schoen writes: "Sing along, kids! EFF is debuting the EFF Action Center with a song produced by EFF and friends -- the Tinsel Town Club Song (a parody of the "Mickey Mouse Club Song"). "Tinseltown Club" makes fun of Disney for its support of legislation which takes away your rights. There's also an MP3 version (with better sound quality) for those who can't see the Flash animation, and we expect to make several other formats available soon. To help save bandwidth, we are encouraging listeners to share the song on peer-to-peer networks." Update: Seth has written in with some mirrors you can try, I've posted his note in the story.. Seth says:

"Please try P2P networks first, before going to an HTTP site! The song and animation are definitely out there on the P2P networks by now.

For those who have BitTorrent, use http://bittorrent.theory.org:8080/20020528_eff_tinseltown_club.mp3

For those who use http, get The MP3 from here.

Please go easy on action.eff.org (where the Flash animation is posted) and please do set up and publicize your own mirrors.

  • Seth"

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  1. hard to grab flash by mr_burns · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I tried to grab the flash file to share on gnutella, but eff.org keeps denying me when I use wget or curl (grabbed url from page source).

    Is there a URL where we can grab it so we can spread the word?

    --
    "Let him go, Ralph. He knows what he's doing." --Otto Mann (simpsons)
  2. EFF songs - Free software song by andersbd · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I unable to play Stallman singing " Free Software song ". Does anyone have a link to a music file of *him* singing it in another music format (ogg/mp3)?

  3. Already in mp3 format, huh? by guttentag · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So do you think the RIAA would be stupid enough to come after me if I distribute this song on a Napster-like system?

  4. Re:at least a download by Phlog · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes - you can view this offline. If you can manage to get this to download from their site, you can view the page source, go to the URL of the file (http://action.eff.org/tinseltown/tinsel.swf), then when it finishes downloading, go to File > Save As... (this should work in any browser, I believe..) and then save it to a safe place on your hard disk. Then, when you want to view it, open up your browser, and go to File > Open File...

    Of course, if you can't get a connection (as I can't as of this writing), you're out of luck - but that's just how the Internet is structured.. it doesn't matter that this is Flash - if it were any other format, you'd still have to download it initially.

    Unfortunately, Flash isn't Free Software (free as in speech and as in GNU). So, I can view Flash animations on this computer (x86, running GNU/Linux), but not on my Powerbook, which also runs GNU/Linux.. Macromedia only releases Flash for *Nix clones as an x86 binary, which cuts out all non-x86 hardware users running an alternate Operating System (or those who don't wish to run non-Free Software).

    Hope you enjoyed my mini-rant right there.

    -Phlog

  5. Re:Hypocrisy Alert! by _xeno_ · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Oh well, I'll have to use my moderator point elsewhere.

    [S]o Flash is a bad evil tool of the devil (as spouted here at Slashdot) but when the EFF uses it, no problem?

    Flash is a bad evil tool of the devil when used in place of HTML or used in place of other, more accessible, standards. In this case, Flash is being used to make what is in essence a movie. When knowingly browsing to a movie, I am willing to accept that the movie might require a plugin in order to be successfully viewed.

    What I hate and find annoying is when Flash is used in place of HTML or other more accessible means. If Slashdot's front page were a large Flash animation, then it would be an annoying tool of the devil. If Flash were used for the topic icons, it would be another misuse. But if Flash were used for a cute little animation that is the basis for a text story, that's an appopriate use of Flash.

    Also, don't forget that there is no entity known as Slashdot. Some people like Flash, others do not.

    I personally hate Flash when used where simple html and images would have done since Flash sometimes causes my browser to crash and generally slows down the rendering of the browser page. But when it is used to create an animation with sound, I don't mind it - as long as I am aware of that fact before loading the page.

    This is just another right-tool-for-the-job issue, and in this case, the EFF is using the right tool for the job they wish to do.

    --
    You are in a maze of twisty little relative jumps, all alike.
  6. Lyrics by 3.1415926535 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I can't get to their main page now, so I'm trying to figure out the lyrics. This is the best I can come up with so far. Anyone know what these words I couldn't figure out are?

    Ooh, sing along kids!

    Tinsel town glow[?]
    Tinsel town glow
    Tinsel town glow
    Tinsel town glow

    Who believes the average chains a criminal on the ???
    Disney and his show biz friends
    Who have a lot at stake
    Who with their laws turn back the clocks
    The rights we have today
    The entertainment moguls and CBDTPA

    And they stell us stuff (it's overpriced!)
    They lock it up (and that's not nice!)
    So they can keep their profits in the sky (sky high!)
    So join the fight, defend your rights
    Before they're whisked away
    Speak up fast! Don't let them pass CBDTPA

    Numbers count (they make Congress pay attention!)
    Tell all your friends about that old CBDTPA