MySpace Kills Internet Tube Song

[MountainLaurel]

After hearing Sen. Ted Stevens' now infamous description of the internet as a "series of tubes," Andrew Raff sang the senator's words over a folksy ditty and anonymously posted it to MySpace.com, where about 2,500 people listened to the tune, thanks to a link from one of the net's top blogs.

On Tuesday, MySpace canceled the TedStevensFanClub account, telling Raff that the social-networking site, now owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., had received a "credible complaint of your violation of the MySpace Terms of Services."

(Editor's note: MySpace reinstated Raff's account Thursday afternoon following publication of this story. The company says Raff's account was deleted in error.)

The cancellation e-mail referenced a number of prohibited activities, including trademark and copyright violations. MySpace also reserves the right to remove any profile for any reason.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71381-0.html?tw=rss.index

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. "In error," my big toe! n/t

[dipsydoodle]

2. Here is a Youtube link on the subject in general

Daily show : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiZ-TqvVdGM&search=ted%20stevens

I'm sure the missing one will appear here as well but not sure how to search for it.

[Ian David]

4. Can you find the one where they have the clogged tube graphics? n/t

[dipsydoodle]

5. I don't know which words to use for the search

The one from the Daily Show listed when I simply searched Ted Stevens. I tried the alt. of turd brain but there were no matches - not even *. :rofl:

[elehhhhna]

3. I like this one:

http://alternet.org/multimedia/?mediaID=163&popup=true

[Ava]

6. heh heh.. i like that one

:rofl:

[elehhhhna]

8. Ava, I haven't posted at ya yet so let me take this opportunity

to say YOU ARE GOING TO BE A GREAT PRESIDENT ONE DAY.

El

[Ava]

9. lol... well thank you elehhhhna

:pals:

[populistdriven]

7. k&r to show the dangers of corporate ownership of internet

direct link
http://multimedia.alternet.org/mediafiles/DJ_teds_techno_tubes_15_11072006.mp3


http://www.myspace.com/tedstevensfanclub

[Uncle Joe]

10. This is an argument for net neutrality!

"Raff doesn't contest MySpace's right to enforce its terms of service, but he sees a political lesson in the takedown -- a foreshadowing of the kind of repression of speech that could become commonplace if phone companies prevail in their efforts to create a two-tiered internet. In an e-mail interview, he also questioned MySpace's motives in removing his political commentary from the site.

"I'm not at all upset about MySpace taking the page down -- just curious as to why," he wrote. "I have yet to receive a reply to my inquiry as to why this account was deleted.... I am very curious about the reasons why they took this down -- if it is a case of extreme caution with regards to copyright or whether it is the result of some other influence (perhaps even good taste)."

[Skidmore]

11. Rupert Murdoch, ever vigilant with his thumbs on the throat of democracy,

strikes again. Corporate terrorist out to blow up free speech everywhere, unless it's blonde and wears shiny lipstick.