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Music For Nothing - a parody

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I want my...
I want my mp3...



Now look at them download
That's the way they do it
They get their music on the mp3

Now that ain't legal
That's the way they do it
Music for nothin' on a burnt CD

Now that ain't legal
That's the way they do it
They're at the PC, sittin' on their bums

Maybe get a warning from their
'Net providers
Maybe get a warning from their mums



We gotta install virus detectors
Free up some of our memory
We gotta remove these spyware programs
We gotta clean up the registry



You see that programs with the banners and the pop-ups
Yeah buddy, they're all spyware
Those little programs let you download freebies
Those little programs they call peer-to-peer



We gotta install virus detectors
Free up some of our memory
We gotta remove these spyware programs
We gotta clean up the registry



I shoulda got a broadband connection
I shoulda got a t1 line
Look at him, he got a DSL modem
Man, he can download some

And he shares music, what's that? An Ogg Vorbis?
Play 'em all on Winamp 'cause they're all for free
That ain't legal, still they like to do it
Music for nothin', that's an mp3



We gotta install virus detectors
'Cause the spyware is killin' me
We gotta remove these napster programs
We're gettin' sued for these mp3's



Now that ain't legal, that's the way ya did it
Ya filled our hard drive with your mp3's
That ain't legal, that's the way you did it

Music for nothin', now we're broke, you see
Music for nothin' on a burnt CD



I want my, I want my, I want my mp3
This is a parody of "Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits. If this is a copyright violation(though I heard that through the fair use law parodies don't have to be authorized) then please let me know. Just something I came up with tonight after watching the original video on Yahoo Launch... and yes, I do occasionally write parodies, though it is rare for me to ever write a good one.

And no, this song was not meant to encourage the illegal downloading of mp3's or anything else. It's just a commentary on peer-to-peer programs, and some of the risks that they present. Heh... wouldn't it make a great flash video?

XD
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littlegreenbook's avatar
Hooray - a fellow parodier... :D
Good job - nice to see "Money For Nothing" brought up to date :clap: