Net Neutrality in Song and Dance
May 19th, 2008 by tkarrNet Neutrality has inspired legions of grassroots video makers. And on occasion a musician has chimed in to make the issue his or her own.
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Late last week, reporter Nate Anderson added to the discography, recording a spoof about Comcast’s storied “TCP Reset Packets,” secretly deployed by the cable giant to block users’ ability to share videos and other rich data files.
“I wrote and recorded a little ditty about Comcast’s P2P blocking technique and the resulting FCC fallout,” writes Anderson. “No, I can’t sing, but that never stopped Bob Dylan.”
Give it a spin here. Some choice lines of sarcasm:
At the hearing, Harvard’s hallowed halls became a comfy bed
Our employees work so hard, w/o rest they’d soon be dead
All this talk is sure terrific, but it’s also soporific
Set me free to innovate, I see no need to regulate!
Net Neutrality’s greatest hits. Listen to them all:
“God Save the Internet,” the Broadband
