Something Awful was cooked up, and it’s taking CBC’s HNIC contest by storm!
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Many sports blogs are covering this interesting development of an obvious joke that is going horribly wrong. Freeping does work.
Meanwhile serious contenders are going under appreciated.
All of this wouldn’t be possible without an antiquated Copyright Act that lets artists retain sole rights to their creation until well after their own death. If copyright expired after approximately 10 years, the well known HNIC theme would be in the public domain already, and the CBC could continue to use it.
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Jambrose | 19-Jul-08 at 8:22 pm | Permalink
Imagine if Mickey was part of the public domain? Massive multinationals will continue to rewrite copyright law to keep their cash cows in play (not to be confused with the short-lived relevance of “Angry Cow” in Aube’s CBC moderation protest video.
I wonder why you think that Kryk’s Pulse of the Game is “under appreciated”? These submissions seem unrelated to me.
Cheers!
Jayson
Go Hockey Scores Go!
Saskboy | 19-Jul-08 at 8:29 pm | Permalink
Mickey should be in the public domain, and so too should be the Happy Birthday Song which is owned by Time Warner.
Pulse of the Game is a serious contender, and would have a much better chance if a clever protest song didn’t have so much attention instead. That’s what I meant.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope Hockey Scores finishes a strong second.
huffb1 | 19-Jul-08 at 10:09 pm | Permalink
I really don’t get this Song. It sounds horrible to me. Why is it even in the top running?
Saskboy | 19-Jul-08 at 10:50 pm | Permalink
It’s top running because it’s bad, and would shame the CBC if it won the voting. It’s Something Awful flexing their voting power, like Small Dead Animals readers like to do too.
Megan | 19-Jul-08 at 11:27 pm | Permalink
This song is PERFECT and completely embodies what it means to be Canadian. It brings a tear to my eye.
Prairie Fire | 20-Jul-08 at 1:41 am | Permalink
Seems great minds think alike - I just did a posting on the same topic!
Hockey Night in Canada - like you’ve never heard it! « More Notes From Underground | 20-Jul-08 at 11:12 am | Permalink
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Jambrose | 20-Jul-08 at 7:27 pm | Permalink
I can’t believe their are people like huffb1 out there who still don’t get the joke.
Remember, if you are the only one not laughing, the joke is probably on you.
Y’all need to lighten up.