Talk:Don't Download This Song

message: I see someone added that this could be seen as a reply to "Download This Song". I highly doubt Al was thinking of that song when he wrote this one, so is it worth a mention on the page? I personally don't think so, but I wanted to see what others opinions were first. Joltman 12:21, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it deserves a "See Also" listing at best. --Maxamegalon2000 13:21, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Lars says that Weird Al was in touch with him, and actually said that "Don't Download This Song" was entirely unrelated to his song. --Twilightsojourn 20:56, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Download This Song? 

message: Napster_Bad%21#Episodes
The "Sue All the World" video is a parody of "We Are the World" and it's all about illegally downloading music and it was done several years ago! This has to be mentioned somewhere. Buzda 04:35, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think it necessarily has to be mentioned. If we listed every song that was somehow similar, the article would begin to go off-topic. I haven't seen the video myself, but unless you can prove how related it may be, I would say leave it out (and remember, no original research). Thank you for thinking about this, though! --Twilightsojourn 06:08, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

text: I agree that there are similarities.  I don't see how it's relevant; there have been tons of "We Are the World" parodies, and I would be shocked if some of them didn't cover the same subjects.  It's inevitable; heck, I find it hard to believe that there have only been two about file sharing. --Maxamegalon2000 02:49, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

text: I definitely see what you mean -- there are certainly similarities (even down to mentioning Ulrich, etc.), but I'm just not sure whether it's relevant enough to put in, especially since I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere else. If there are other (documented) places where the parallels are mentioned, then it might seem more fitting -- at this point, though, I'm feeling like we may just be a few individuals who are seeing some similarities, as opposed to there being a more public, reputable, or established concensus regarding the topic. If there was, then it would be more encyclopaedic, and more NPOV/non-original research. Again, though, I think it's really great that you're bringing this up -- it's an important point, and one that definitely falls in the grey area that constitutes what is and isn't fit for a Wikipedia article's content. Especially, thank you for talking about it here first, as opposed to going ahead and adding it without consultation. I know I really appreciate that. --Twilightsojourn 06:36, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Especially considering it was put in unreferenced and the link above is now invalid. I've removed the reference to this because it's not objectively relevant. Please feel free to put it back in if you have a citation and justification.--87.115.22.150 (talk) 19:52, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

text: It's me I'm that post. Just logged out for some reason. --Sgtlion (talk) 19:54, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  This concept was already done! 

message: He's mentioned twice in the article about the same thing.  Someone delete 1 reference to him please. --Mjrmtg 14:00, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I did but it will probably be back in two days.--Jim Shorts 02:25, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lars 

message: The article states, "The song is one of Weird Al's few outright political songs."
Is this a political song?  Being that this is satire and meant to be comical, I can't really determine his political views from it, or really from anything else he says.
"Few"?  Does this mean that Al has more than one political songs (even assuming this is one of them)?  If so, what are his other "outright political songs"?  I don't recall any of them.  "Canadian Idiot" mentions some political stuff, but again, there's no way to tell whether he actually supports or opposes the political aspects of Canada.  "Christmas At Ground Zero"?  "Headline News"?  Honestly, I have a hard time believing that any of his songs are "outright political."
Allixpeeke 71.255.207.140 03:52, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I was wondering what else of his could possibly be considered "outright political" as well. Also, "outright political" is too strongly worded. This song is not "outright political". Even "political" can be a stretch depending on your definition of "political". PyroGamer 19:28, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political? 

message: This isn't entirely relevant to the article, but I have to say that, silly or not, I think this is song is the single most effective piece of anti-music piracy propaganda I've ever heard. (I'm using "propaganda" in a strictly descriptive, value-neutral sense here.) What does everyone else think? Zaklog 17:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well there seems to be confusion as to whether Yankovic is proclaiming an anti-piracy message via this song, or whether he's just parodying the whole situation. Magic Pickle 12:19, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, Yankovic has said in the past his main problem with piracy isn't the potential loss of songs, its the less "family-friendly" parodies that are attributed to him on P2P networks, and he feels that has tainted his reputation. 68.151.23.179 05:59, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Effective messaging 

message: The second last entry in the trivia section states  "One of the lyrics is 'Even Lars Ulrich knows it's wrong', although he's the creator of Napster.".
THIS IS WRONG. Lars Ulrich is the drummer in the band Metallica and is well known for his outspoken opposition to song piracy online. The creator of Napster is Shawn Fanning. Jeez, how could someone be so obviously wrong??? Qwertyca 00:47, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure why you didn't remove it yourself.  --Maxamegalon2000 01:28, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia is WRONG 

message: Is this song a parody? And if it is, what is it a parody of?--69.234.216.30 (talk) 03:40, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As the article says, the song is a style parody, not a parody. --Maxamegalon2000 03:52, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, thank you.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.234.188.158 (talk) 18:12, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parody of what? 

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message: The beginning and parts of the song may sound like We Are The World, but the chorus  is obviously a rip on the Hands Across America chorus. Of course, since both songs where by USA for Africa, I guess its not surprising. -- Suso (talk) 13:40, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hands Across America Melody 

message: This article claims that the video uses 'Squigglevision', where in fact only the first minute the four minute long video does so. The rest is in pencil or charcoal frame-by-frame, from what I can tell. Is this worth changing?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.9.224.254 (talk) 22:02, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Squigglevision...? 

message: This article claims that the music video premiered on Yahoo Video in August 2006.  This is not entirely correct; Bill Plympton presented the video already at Tampere Film Festival in March 2006. -- Taotriad (talk) 20:25, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Premiere date 

message: The little bit about Al's own views on downloading music... I'm just thinking that the quote shown is from three years prior to the song. So I mean, isn't there some way to confirm that the song gives a more recent opinion? Kind of just thinking out loud, but maybe it's something that could be looked at. 70.54.1.51 (talk) 09:10, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Al's own views on downloading 

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message: The infobox image looks broken for me. Does anybody know how to fix it? 46.132.189.34 (talk) 12:01, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Broken infobox image

message: At 2 minutes 35 seconds in the official music video on YouTube, after the line  "Don't take away money from artists just like me/How else can I afford another solid-gold Humvee, And diamond-studded swimming pools? These things don't grow on trees” what appears to be a Humvee falls out of a tree.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGM8PT1eAvY
I think it’s funny, but I’m not sure it’s worth putting in the article, so I decided to put this in the discussion/talk instead. RetroFanboy990 (talk) 15:37, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Visual gag in the music video