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Obama Girl Songwriter Goes Anti-SOPA

Remember the “Crush on Obama” song? Sure, it made the hottie who starred in the video a popular item, but only because of her attractiveness. The creator of the song that catapulted “...
Obama Girl Songwriter Goes Anti-SOPA
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  • Remember the “Crush on Obama” song? Sure, it made the hottie who starred in the video a popular item, but only because of her attractiveness. The creator of the song that catapulted “Obama Girl” to fame, Leah Kauffman, is back again with “Firewall,” and this time, she’s not concerned about Presidential election themes.

    No, this time, Kauffman’s aim is against SOPA, much like every other user-generated content creator who uses the Internet as conduit for their creativity. As pointed out by Boing Boing, in this particular performance, Kauffman isn’t relying on eye candy to convey her message, instead, she’s letting her lyrics do the talking, while performing the song herself. While she may not be on the same eye candy level as the Obama Girl lip-synching cupcake, she’s certainly easy enough on the eyes to make her visual-medium message an enjoyable one.

    Plus, the song is awfully catchy, too:


    Kauffman was kind enough to transcribe the lyrics on the video’s YouTube page, and even though she’s singing with an innocent, poppy style, the message is not lost:

    From the first time I signed onto AOL
    I’d fall underneath your dial-up spell
    You do something to me, want to be with you always

    I hoped that we would never see the day
    SOPA would try to change you, or take you away
    All the things you’ve shown me, you make me feel complete

    Tumblr, Facebook, Vimeo, and Twitter
    Youtube LolCatz, Ebay, and Flickr

    Don’t put up a firewall when we could have it all
    Say no to protect IP
    You won’t stop piracy
    Don’t put up a firewall
    Don’t take away my Tumblr

    You know I want to stop infringing sites
    But Congress please don’t make me give up my rights
    to friend reblog and follow
    upload tweet and post

    All this in the name of property
    at the expense of the tech community
    you’re threatening our cybersecurity
    and free speech

    Zynga, Mozilla, Google, and Yahoo!
    The coders, the bloggers, the start-ups
    all get screwed

    Don’t put up a firewall when we could have it all
    Say no to protect IP
    You won’t stop piracy
    What is this China?

    Don’t treat me like a rogue site it hurts
    Don’t erase me from your search
    someone could spend more time in jail than conrad murray
    for illegally downloading a michael jackson song!

    Much like Dan Bull’s impressive rap, the message is in lyrics and if you’re worried about a lack of Obama Girl in this video, you’re missing the point.

    On a final note, wouldn’t be awesome if both Kauffman and Bull bum rushed the next set of hearings, singing their anti-SOPA anthems, just so the supporters can get a better idea of where the public stands on this matter, as if that has any bearing.

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