Dear Peter Mandelson... Dan Bull Sings His Opposition To Kicking People Off The Internet

from the go-dan-bull dept

Mon, Nov 30th 2009 3:36pm — Mike Masnick

Musician Dan Bull seems to be carving out a nice space for himself responding to UK efforts to make copyright law more ridiculous than it already is, by voicing his opposition in song. A few months back, we wrote about his awesome open letter to Lily Allen (full disclosure: I get a brief mention) and now he's informed us that he's back again with an open letter (in song) to Peter Mandelson, called Dear Mandy:

I wonder if someone rich and famous has to buy Mandelson dinner before he'll actually listen to it.

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Filed Under: dan bull, lily allen, peter mandelson, songs

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Mark Harris (profile), 30 Nov 2009 @ 4:00pm

Brilliant!
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Dementia (profile), 30 Nov 2009 @ 4:47pm

Got to give him credit, it's an awesome protest song.
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Dementia (profile), 30 Nov 2009 @ 4:51pm

The only problem is, unless I'm misunderstanding something, Dan Bull is Australian. Why would Mandy(as I shall call him from now on) care what an Aussie has to say?
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Dementia (profile), 30 Nov 2009 @ 4:52pm

Obviously I misunderstood, must have just released an album in Australia.
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- Beady, 1 Dec 2009 @ 6:11am
  
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  Dan isn't Australian. There is a different artist called Dan Bull from Australia, who has released an album there. But this Dan is from Bromsgrove in the West Midlands.
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PRMan, 30 Nov 2009 @ 5:11pm

Who holds the copyright on this song?
Who holds the copyright on this song?

J/K
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- ChurchHatesTucker (profile), 30 Nov 2009 @ 6:46pm
  
  Re: Who holds the copyright on this song?
  "Who holds the copyright on this song?"
  
  You mean the music? I'm not sure, but it's based on a couple Lily Allen songs.
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Simon, 30 Nov 2009 @ 5:22pm

Full of win.
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Inflatable Nerd, 30 Nov 2009 @ 5:32pm

I'm fawning
You're picking on the little man, the Lilliputian; now there's a pain in my gulliver and it's confusing.
That was genius. Is the music original?
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GeneralEmergency (profile), 30 Nov 2009 @ 5:40pm

Whilst standing at attention...
Sincere applause.

Well done Mr. Bull.
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Simon, 30 Nov 2009 @ 5:55pm

I just sent him £10 as a small appreciation of his efforts. You can also download his album : http://www.freshnut.co.uk/index.php?p=shop
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Nina Paley (profile), 30 Nov 2009 @ 6:14pm

Love
I love this. Just checked the Lily Allen song too. Thanks for these!
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Dom S, 1 Dec 2009 @ 1:43am

I got sent this video on FB recently. this guy is a lyrical genius.

would be good to be a fly-on-the-wall in mandy's house if or when he watches this for the first time.
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wvhillbilly, 1 Mar 2010 @ 8:23pm

Mandy
Give 'im an earful, Dan!
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