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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. An mp3 version by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Not to sound like a total troll, but would it kill them to have an ogg vorbis version? It's quite good, and now even supported by Winamp by default.

    1. Re:An mp3 version by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      why not convert the mp3 yourself??

  2. A DISNEY Employee speaks (anonymously) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    You folks should be on Disney's side. They are the true underdog here, trying to eke out a living while giant monopolies like AOLTW try to own everything from the movie studios to your TV set, to your movie theatre, to your internet connection.

    While the EFF has every right to complain that they don't like a technological solution proposed to combat theft, they stepped over the line when:

    • They claim Disney products are "overpriced" (then don't buy them!)
    • They don't speak out against theft of intellectual property

    If these folks are so wonderful and smart, then why don't they come up with a better technological solution to combat theft?

    The EFF is really a schill for the MP3, Macintosh, and Flash lobbies---all proprietary technology that they choose to endorse. They only hate Microsoft and Disney because it's popular to among this pseudo-intellectual tree-hugging Macintosh-worshipping crowd, but love equally "closed" technologies like Macintosh and remain silent about the monster that is AOLTW.