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Ladies and gentlemen,
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the history of music and television on the Internet
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in three minutes.
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A TED medley --
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a TEDley.
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β« It's nine o' clock on a Saturday β«
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β« The record store's closed for the night β«
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β« So I fire up the old iTunes music store β«
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β« And soon I am feelin' all right β«
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β« I know Steve Jobs can find me a melody β«
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β« With one dollar pricing that rocks β«
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β« I can type in the track and get album names back β«
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β« While still in my PJs and socks β«
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β« Sell us a song, you're the music man β«
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β« My iPod's still got 10 gigs to go β«
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β« Yes, we might prefer more compatibility β«
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β« But Steve likes to run the whole show β«
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β« I heard "Desperate Housewives" was great last night β«
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β« But I had a bad piece of cod β«
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β« As I threw up my meal, I thought, "It's no big deal" β«
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β« I'll watch it tonight on my 'Pod β«
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β« And now all of the networks are joining in β«
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β« Two bucks a show without ads β«
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β« It's a business those guys always wanted to try β«
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β« But only Steve Jobs had the 'nads β«
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β« They say we're young, don't watch TV β«
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β« They say the Internet is all we see β«
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β« But that's not true; they've got it wrong β«
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β« See, all our shows are just two minutes long β«
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β« Hey β«
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β« I got YouTube β«
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β« I got YouTube β«
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And now, ladies and gentlemen,
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a tribute to the Recording Industry Association of America --
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the RIAA!
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β« Young man, you were surfin' along β«
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β« And then, young man, you downloaded a song β«
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β« And then, dumb man, copied it to your 'Pod β«
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β« Then a phone call came to tell you ... β«
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β« You've just been sued by the R-I-A-A β«
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β« You've just been screwed by the R-I-A-A β«
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β« Their attorneys say you committed a crime β«
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β« And there'd better not be a next time β«
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β« They've lost their minds at the R-I-A-A β«
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β« Justice is blind at the R-I-A-A β«
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β« You're depriving the bands β«
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β« You are learning to steal β«
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β« You can't do whatever you feel β«
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β« CD sales have dropped every year β«
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β« They're not greedy, they're just quaking with fear β«
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β« Yes indeedy, what if their end is near β«
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β« And we download all our music β«
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β« Yeah, that would piss off the R-I-A-A β«
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β« No plastic discs from the R-I-A-A β«
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β« What a way to make friends β«
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β« It's a plan that can't fail β«
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β« All your customers off to jail β«
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β« Who'll be next for the R-I-A-A? β«
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β« What else is vexing the R-I-A-A? β«
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β« Maybe whistling a tune β«
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β« Maybe humming along β«
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β« Maybe mocking 'em in a song β«
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