Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Robocopyright, artist - Dan Bull. Date of issue: 20.03.2019
Song language: English
Robocopyright |
| It’s difficult to picture some enemies |
| Unless we give them an identity |
| The newest entity we’ve got to fight |
| Is Article 13, I call it, «Robocopyright» |
| I’ve been doing music on the net for two flipping decades |
| Even before YouTube, on a Geocities webpage |
| And every time I see the regulations get changed |
| It’s harder for creatives to make it |
| So, yes, I’m enraged! |
| (wah) |
| Look at my track record, I put a lot of time |
| Into coming up with tracks, records and dropping rhymes |
| On the fight to democratize copyright |
| To shine a spotlight on Anonymous and Occupy |
| I took a bit of time off to rap about games |
| But now, I’m back and I’m not backing out again |
| Passing out castigations and patting down your claim |
| No matter how you obfuscate, your rationale’s insane |
| Maybe you’ll get the picture when I smack you out the frame |
| Because I don’t want to see the internet blacking out for shame |
| But that’s what’s happening now, yet again |
| A threatening mechanism checking on everything you say |
| All hail Robocopyright |
| Our great leader! |
| (Freedom) |
| I’d rather my router wasn’t changed to a rate meter |
| All hail Robocopyright |
| Our great leader! |
| (Freedom) |
| All hail Robocopyright |
| Our great leader! |
| MEP’s have voted and I don’t like their decision |
| I’d diagnose it as a nightmare condition of a quite rare position |
| Where we can’t upload any kind of copyrighted clip |
| Without their permission |
| Now it seems pretty good if you just look at the surface |
| But peep under the hood, the engine isn’t fit for purpose |
| And if we still don’t trust AI in Teslas yet |
| Then pray, why would we let it suppress the net? |
| And lest we forget SOPA and ACTA |
| The Digital Economy Act and every tactic |
| The copyright lobbyists lob at us hobbyists |
| The obfuscating confidence tricks are pretty obvious (great) |
| They make it sound like it’s benefiting small creators (great) |
| To make them all successful ever more for all the ages |
| But look at labels and the way they’ve always treated artists (not well) |
| If you can’t see they won’t change, you need new glasses |
| It isn’t about creative control, nah |
| It’s about controlling creatives for cold cash |
| They want money for old rope, it’s old hat |
| It’s an old trope, anybody could have told that |
| We’re surrounded by constant IP |
| Imagine real life with Content ID |
| A conglomerate deciding what your eyes see |
| When there’s nothing else left, they’ll copyright me |
| (Freedom) |
| Why bother with a doctor? |
| You’ve got a faith healer |
| (Freedom) |
| Acting like a god |
| But you’re a lay preacher |
| (Freedom) |
| Hey, Jesus, save me 'cause I don’t need a gatekeeper |
| (Freedom) |
| Till I’m at the heavenly gates and meeting St. Peter |
| All hail Robocopyright |
| Our great leader! |
| (Freedom) |
| You’re never gonna drain the swamp if you wade deeper |
| All hail Robocopyright |
| Our great leader! |
| (Freedom) |
| All hail Robocopyright |
| Our great leader! |
| Do you trust the judgement of an algorithm |
| To look at everything you touch and make a sound decision? |
| To value satire or parody and tell the difference? |
| Or controlled by copyright trolls, we know they’re well malicious |
| It’s already tough enough to make a parody |
| Some of us have given up because of copyright brutality |
| Cash grabbing companies take money for morality |
| Knowing full well they’re falsifying the legality |
| As if it wasn’t bad enough already with net neutrality |
| They’ve done it again, it’s the definition of insanity |
| How can we trust a robot to know what’s permissible? |
| That only sees the content but context’s invisible |
| It’s risible, derisible, befitting of our ridicule |
| At least It would if the reality wasn’t so miserable |
| Every single picture you submit will be conditional |
| Article 11's even restricting what is clickable |
| It’s vulnerable to abuse, commercial and political |
| Like unelected politicians slipping us Rohypnol |
| So, if you all care about it, make people aware about it |
| Get on the phone, get on the web, get on the air and shout it! |
| All hail Robocopyright |
| Our great leader! |
| (Freedom) |
| Cutting off the trailers so you can’t see the main feature |
| All hail Robocopyright |
| Our great leader! |
| (Freedom) |
| All hail Robocopyright |
| Our great leader! |
| It’s difficult to picture some enemies |
| Unless we give them an identity |
| The newest entity we’ve got to fight |
| Is Article 13, I call it, «Robocopyright» |
| It’s difficult to picture some enemies |
| Unless we give them an identity |
| The newest entity we’ve got to fight |
| Is Article 13, I call it, «Robocopyright» |