Working on a parody song
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I've been working on a parody song. And April 1 is a good day to bring it out on some level. I've gotten to thinking that since the last time I ever launched a song on the internet that there are new licensing schemes for copyrighting something but giving people the opportunity to spread it far and wide. I know this site, for example, has some such. Any suggestions regarding how to best license this to get it far and wide but keeping my name on it? The Hacker To the Tune of "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel Words by Scott McNulty, mags@spunos.com, April 2010 ( If you want to hear the original by S And G here is an example If you don't keep tunes in your head or have never heard it before you may want to take a listen. It's pretty good stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hqdZ4AWSaI ) I am an employee And my quarry's made of code I have traded some resistors for a pocket full of buzzwords such are promises Neckties and tests Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy At a company of software In the quiet of a windows station running code Laying low, seeking out the forum servers Where the frazzled people go Looking for the answers only they would know Lie la lie... Asking only vulgar wages I come looking for a job but I get no offers, Just a come-on from recruiters on the internet I do declare, there were times when I was so ronin I took some offers there Now the years are rolling by me documented easily I am slower than I once was And dumber than I'll be and that's not unusual No it isn't strange After changes upon changes The job's more or less the same After changes the job's more or less the same Lie la lie Then I'm laying out my sequel rows and wishing I was gone Going home Where the network color printers aren't bleeding me Leading me to going home In the breakroom stands a hacker a programmer by his trade And he carries some big binders Of ev'ry boss that dressed him down Or cut him till he cried out In his anger and his shame "I am leaving, I am leaving" But the hacker still remains Lie la Lie ...
_____________________________ It is better to hack the code than to curse the darkness.
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I've been working on a parody song. And April 1 is a good day to bring it out on some level. I've gotten to thinking that since the last time I ever launched a song on the internet that there are new licensing schemes for copyrighting something but giving people the opportunity to spread it far and wide. I know this site, for example, has some such. Any suggestions regarding how to best license this to get it far and wide but keeping my name on it? The Hacker To the Tune of "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel Words by Scott McNulty, mags@spunos.com, April 2010 ( If you want to hear the original by S And G here is an example If you don't keep tunes in your head or have never heard it before you may want to take a listen. It's pretty good stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hqdZ4AWSaI ) I am an employee And my quarry's made of code I have traded some resistors for a pocket full of buzzwords such are promises Neckties and tests Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy At a company of software In the quiet of a windows station running code Laying low, seeking out the forum servers Where the frazzled people go Looking for the answers only they would know Lie la lie... Asking only vulgar wages I come looking for a job but I get no offers, Just a come-on from recruiters on the internet I do declare, there were times when I was so ronin I took some offers there Now the years are rolling by me documented easily I am slower than I once was And dumber than I'll be and that's not unusual No it isn't strange After changes upon changes The job's more or less the same After changes the job's more or less the same Lie la lie Then I'm laying out my sequel rows and wishing I was gone Going home Where the network color printers aren't bleeding me Leading me to going home In the breakroom stands a hacker a programmer by his trade And he carries some big binders Of ev'ry boss that dressed him down Or cut him till he cried out In his anger and his shame "I am leaving, I am leaving" But the hacker still remains Lie la Lie ...
_____________________________ It is better to hack the code than to curse the darkness.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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I've been working on a parody song. And April 1 is a good day to bring it out on some level. I've gotten to thinking that since the last time I ever launched a song on the internet that there are new licensing schemes for copyrighting something but giving people the opportunity to spread it far and wide. I know this site, for example, has some such. Any suggestions regarding how to best license this to get it far and wide but keeping my name on it? The Hacker To the Tune of "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel Words by Scott McNulty, mags@spunos.com, April 2010 ( If you want to hear the original by S And G here is an example If you don't keep tunes in your head or have never heard it before you may want to take a listen. It's pretty good stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hqdZ4AWSaI ) I am an employee And my quarry's made of code I have traded some resistors for a pocket full of buzzwords such are promises Neckties and tests Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy At a company of software In the quiet of a windows station running code Laying low, seeking out the forum servers Where the frazzled people go Looking for the answers only they would know Lie la lie... Asking only vulgar wages I come looking for a job but I get no offers, Just a come-on from recruiters on the internet I do declare, there were times when I was so ronin I took some offers there Now the years are rolling by me documented easily I am slower than I once was And dumber than I'll be and that's not unusual No it isn't strange After changes upon changes The job's more or less the same After changes the job's more or less the same Lie la lie Then I'm laying out my sequel rows and wishing I was gone Going home Where the network color printers aren't bleeding me Leading me to going home In the breakroom stands a hacker a programmer by his trade And he carries some big binders Of ev'ry boss that dressed him down Or cut him till he cried out In his anger and his shame "I am leaving, I am leaving" But the hacker still remains Lie la Lie ...
_____________________________ It is better to hack the code than to curse the darkness.
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------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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nothing wrong with Suzi!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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nothing wrong with Suzi!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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I forgive you for saying that, because I know it's the alcohol talking. :-D /ravi
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That's Barry Manilow as well, not Neil Sedaka. I wonder how many parody aficionados are running around here?
_____________________________ _____________________________ It is better to hack the code than to curse the darkness.
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That's Barry Manilow as well, not Neil Sedaka. I wonder how many parody aficionados are running around here?
_____________________________ _____________________________ It is better to hack the code than to curse the darkness.
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------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
Hard to beat the King, but at least you picked one of his lesser songs. I don't think I can outdo "Amish Paradise" for example. Al also has the benefit of high end sound equipment, professional musicians, etc. You really want to see me do a take on Copacabana?
_____________________________ _____________________________ It is better to hack the code than to curse the darkness.
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Argh. Of course you're right. I'm ashamed I didn't know that. On second thoughts... :) /ravi
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I've been working on a parody song. And April 1 is a good day to bring it out on some level. I've gotten to thinking that since the last time I ever launched a song on the internet that there are new licensing schemes for copyrighting something but giving people the opportunity to spread it far and wide. I know this site, for example, has some such. Any suggestions regarding how to best license this to get it far and wide but keeping my name on it? The Hacker To the Tune of "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel Words by Scott McNulty, mags@spunos.com, April 2010 ( If you want to hear the original by S And G here is an example If you don't keep tunes in your head or have never heard it before you may want to take a listen. It's pretty good stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hqdZ4AWSaI ) I am an employee And my quarry's made of code I have traded some resistors for a pocket full of buzzwords such are promises Neckties and tests Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy At a company of software In the quiet of a windows station running code Laying low, seeking out the forum servers Where the frazzled people go Looking for the answers only they would know Lie la lie... Asking only vulgar wages I come looking for a job but I get no offers, Just a come-on from recruiters on the internet I do declare, there were times when I was so ronin I took some offers there Now the years are rolling by me documented easily I am slower than I once was And dumber than I'll be and that's not unusual No it isn't strange After changes upon changes The job's more or less the same After changes the job's more or less the same Lie la lie Then I'm laying out my sequel rows and wishing I was gone Going home Where the network color printers aren't bleeding me Leading me to going home In the breakroom stands a hacker a programmer by his trade And he carries some big binders Of ev'ry boss that dressed him down Or cut him till he cried out In his anger and his shame "I am leaving, I am leaving" But the hacker still remains Lie la Lie ...
_____________________________ It is better to hack the code than to curse the darkness.
smcnulty2000 wrote:
Any suggestions regarding how to best license this to get it far and wide but keeping my name on it?
Have you considered using the Internet? I hear it's quite good for such things.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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smcnulty2000 wrote:
Any suggestions regarding how to best license this to get it far and wide but keeping my name on it?
Have you considered using the Internet? I hear it's quite good for such things.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark Wallace wrote:
Have you considered using the Internet? I hear it's quite good for such things.
I'm not sure what you mean. Your question sounds a little like a conversation where someone says "I can't breathe" and the reply comes back, "have you tried using air?" You mean to research the licensing? Or to distribute? The distribution would be the internet. There's no money in it so it pretty much has to be the internet. I would think that would be clear. Last time I did this was a while ago, as I said, and at that time the song changed in some interesting ways before it got back to me. And some people who wanted to publish had trouble getting getting ahold of me. Computerworld tracked me down, for example, but they had to do some detective work. I'd like to short-circuit that. All they wanted was permission to publish, and I was happy to agree with that song.
_____________________________ _____________________________ It is better to hack the code than to curse the darkness.
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Mark Wallace wrote:
Have you considered using the Internet? I hear it's quite good for such things.
I'm not sure what you mean. Your question sounds a little like a conversation where someone says "I can't breathe" and the reply comes back, "have you tried using air?" You mean to research the licensing? Or to distribute? The distribution would be the internet. There's no money in it so it pretty much has to be the internet. I would think that would be clear. Last time I did this was a while ago, as I said, and at that time the song changed in some interesting ways before it got back to me. And some people who wanted to publish had trouble getting getting ahold of me. Computerworld tracked me down, for example, but they had to do some detective work. I'd like to short-circuit that. All they wanted was permission to publish, and I was happy to agree with that song.
_____________________________ _____________________________ It is better to hack the code than to curse the darkness.
smcnulty2000 wrote:
licensing
smcnulty2000 wrote:
There's no money in it
So why, pray, do you need licensing? It's Internet fodder. You already have the copyright. Do you really expect people to apply to you for a license to put it on message boards? Smack it on a web page with a copyright statement (not too prominent; no-one likes arrogance), and let people who might enjoy it enjoy it. If the processes behind a web service require that you give them explicit or single-use-repro permission to add it to a site, they can e-mail you. There's not much detective work involved in clicking an e-mail link on a web page.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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smcnulty2000 wrote:
licensing
smcnulty2000 wrote:
There's no money in it
So why, pray, do you need licensing? It's Internet fodder. You already have the copyright. Do you really expect people to apply to you for a license to put it on message boards? Smack it on a web page with a copyright statement (not too prominent; no-one likes arrogance), and let people who might enjoy it enjoy it. If the processes behind a web service require that you give them explicit or single-use-repro permission to add it to a site, they can e-mail you. There's not much detective work involved in clicking an e-mail link on a web page.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Clearly I'm not communicating with you. Thanks anyway.
_____________________________ _____________________________ It is better to hack the code than to curse the darkness.
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is that you?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
