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Obama Girl creator does an anti-SOPA anthem

Cory Doctorow at 7:00 am Wed, Dec 21, 2011

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Leah Kauffman, who wrote and sang the "I Got a Crush on Obama" song (it was lipsynched in the video by a different woman who became the "Obama Girl"), has recorded and performed a new anthem in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act, called "Firewall." It's not my kind of music, but I love the sentiment. Declan McCullagh interviewed Ms Kauffman about her motives.

New 'Firewall' song protests SOPA copyright bill (Q&A)

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3 Responses to “Obama Girl creator does an anti-SOPA anthem”

  1. jimbo2112 says:
    December 21, 2011 at 8:24 am

    “An error occurred.  Please try again later.”

    Is this some kind of meta thing?

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    • Jim Saul says:
      December 21, 2011 at 8:51 am

      Heh… good point. But it’s playing fine for me, for now. Clever and clearly heartfelt.

      I’d like to see Franken slip a rider into the bill outlawing direct fundraising and advertising for congressional campaigns on the web. See how fast it gets shot down then.

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  2. Adam S. says:
    December 21, 2011 at 11:16 am

    Looks like coders have already have a SOPA workaround. I was pretty sure they would, but always makes one feel better to get those solutions in hand.

    Just would need to add a browser plug-in

    Here’s a good old fashioned un-shortened /. link…

    http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0420228/coders-develop-ways-to-defeat-sopa-censorship

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