Don't Mess With the CSS: Cyber-liberties geeks rap an update to "Don't Copy That Floppy"

Yale's Elizabeth Stark sez, "Who says digital freedom nerds can't rap? My students recently released a modern sequel to "Don't Copy That Floppy," with geek references galore:"

My homie Seth Schoen wrote a CSS haiku,
He threw some writtens down like a verbal tycoon.
(MCss: Huh, Programming, poetic? Man that's pathetic!)
[MC++]: Man, if you'z smarter you'd listen to my rhetoric.
Now the Curse has been lifted and the Power has shifted,
we're unLocking the content you greedy Fuckers encrypted.
Oh, what was that? Your DRM has been breached? (THAT'S RIGHT)
And you can't do shit, cuz my Code is free speech
Put yo' hands up in the air for generativity,
Creativity in code is expressive novelty,
Sorry b, if I offended you, you will soon see,
that the tides are shifting for expressive technology.

Don't Mess with that CSS (feat. B-Rad) (Thanks, Elizabeth!)

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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Elizabeth Stark sez, “Who says digital freedom nerds can’t rap?”

Black’s Law Dictionary sez, “Res ipsa loquitur”
Anonymous

Did that guy just steal the stage name of MC Plus+ of the Rhyme Torrents fame?
- Ted8305
  
  Yeah that’s not the same MC++.
- Church
  
  To be fair, it’s a pretty obvious choice for a CS student who raps. I’m guessing he didn’t realize there already was one.
  - Ted8305
    
    Actually, the “real” MC++ is a pretty cool dude. He gets dissed by Monzy (another CS rapper) and doesn’t afraid of anything.
    
    Yo, MC Plus Plus, my rhymes are so phat,
    I’m PSPACE-complete but I’ll reduce you to 3-SAT.
    My crew is so hard that we roll in NP,
    And bitches dereference my pointer for free.
    - Church
      
      You’ll be happy to know that Monzy and MCPlus+ patched their beef at PAX a few years back.
phazeaction

that’s really terrible.

i MUCH prefer the CMYKiller:

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1944668