Here are the entries for Sing Our Petition so far - fighting it out for the £3,000 prize, praise from the incomparable Stephen Fry and the assurance that the Government gets the message: we really don't like the idea of their filesharing proposals.

Don’t disconnect us – RUNNER UP

Daniel Owen, Newtown, Powys

Category: Youtube

My Entry

A little ditty in which I try, to how the Bill leaves us high and dry.

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Rating: 3.9/5 (81 votes cast)


Don’t Disconnect Us! – RUNNER UP

Tom Magness, Welshpool

Category: Youtube

My Entry

After considering the potential impact of Mandelson’s Bill on someone like me (who gives little thought to how secure his internet connection is), I wrote this song and performed it with some like-minded friends. My thanks to Ruth, Sarah, Dave and Owain for their help!

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Rating: 4.1/5 (98 votes cast)


Mandelson in for the kill

You can fight their desires
but you will be starting fires
so how can you spot
if they download or not
musicians won`t go bust
but stop piracy now we must
it will take care and devotion
to put across the perfect motion

he`s going in for the kill
the road is long and uphill
will he never get to understand
how to get the upper hand
(x2)

People can go online
it doesn`t take much time
You need to encintivise
you need to go get wise
make media affordable
and piracy will surely tumble
there is no magic potion
just time and devotion

he`s going in for the kill
the road is long and uphill
will he never get to understand
how to get the upper hand
(x2)

He made up a rule
that is stupid
to spy on all
it just won`t work
jump into action
the silly numbscull mandelson

he`s going in for the kill
has he taken a pill
will he never get to understand
how to get the upper hand

Original lyrics - http://www.lyricsreg.com/lyrics/la+roux/In+For+The+Kill/

David Kendall, Heanor Gate

Category: Text

My Entry

A play on the words of La Roux In for the Kill song.

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Rating: 1.7/5 (15 votes cast)


Modern Carta

In 1215, at Runnymede,
My basic rights were agreed.
Those in power had to assent,
Without proven guilt, I am innocent.

Times have certainly moved on,
but the Magna Carta is not now wrong,
Lord Mandelson, please take note,
Of the words the barons wrote.

File sharing is not right,
But hackers mainly cause this blight.
The average person has not this flaw,
And \\\'rightsholders\\\' do not create the law.

Lord Mandelson, hear my rhyme.
False accusation must also be a crime.
The barons are calling for you to do what you oughta,
We must protect the innocent, please make your own Magna Carta.

Laura Hadland, Leicester

Category: Text

My Entry

I wrote a poem to appeal to Mandelson that he should learn the lessons of the past – the public of today are like the barons of yesteryear – he should listen to their voice.

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Rating: 1.6/5 (17 votes cast)


Mandelson’s epiphony

Tommy C, London

Category: Youtube

My Entry

Peter Mandelson realises the consequences of his actions.

Imagine there’s no broadband
How backward would that be?
No files downloaded
For fear of P-2-P
Imagine all the hackers
Fishing with a P

You may say that I’m a vampire
‘Cos I wasnt listening
I know now that guilty would
Be confused with innocent

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Rating: 1.7/5 (19 votes cast)


OSAMA VS BONO

Aaron Darc, Sydney

Category: Youtube

My Entry

In his latest video message from the Afghan mountains, The King Of Terror emerges to share his dismay at the threat to artistic freedom posed by Bono and his anti-filesharing crusade.

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Rating: 2.9/5 (38 votes cast)


Don’t Disconnect Us

Image entry

Dana Fisher, London

Category: Image

My Entry

Disconnection is like a prison. It prevents you from accessing valuable websites, information, and engaging with others meaningfully.

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Rating: 1.4/5 (17 votes cast)


Dear Mandy

Dan Bull, Bromsgrove

Category: Youtube

My Entry

An open letter to Peter Mandelson regarding the newly announced Digital Economy Bill. Haven’t had a reply yet – perhaps he’s still trying to think of something that rhymes with “autocrat”.

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Rating: 3.5/5 (57 votes cast)


Oh Mandelson

Tech and Law, London

Category: Youtube

My Entry

I’m actually entering a combination of video, words and commentary http://blog.tech-and-law.com/2010/01/mandelson-digital-economy-bill-parody.html on some music copyright issues and absurdities as well as the Digital Economy Bill. See the blog for why this entry is on the right side of the copyright line.
Links explaining the references are attached to the words in the blog post. (If I win, I’d be happy to give up my real name then!)

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Rating: 1.9/5 (28 votes cast)


My Mandelsong

Basehunter - Now you`re gone tune

Mandelsonnnn
How can you be so wrong
I can`t wait till you`re gone
I keep using my internet at home
hoping that my speeds don`t fall

Mandelsonnnn
How can you be so wrong
I can`t wait till you`re gone
I keep using my internet at home
hoping that my speeds don`t fall

You`ve got to be kidding me
If you think that`s how it will be
Do what I want in my home
We can`t wait till you`re gone

If you really want to start
to blow piracy all apart
sell at a price people will pay
and piracy will go away


(Ready for take off)

(Are you ready?)

Mandelsonnnn
How can you be so wrong
I can`t wait till you`re gone
I keep using my internet at home
hoping that my speeds don`t fall

You`ve got to be kidding me
If you think that`s how it will be
Do what I want in my home
We can`t wait till you`re gone

Mandelsonnnn
How can you be so wrong
I can`t wait till you`re gone
I keep using my internet at home
hoping that my speeds don`t fall

You`ve got to be kidding me
If you think that`s how it will be
Do what I want in my home
We can`t wait till you`re gone

If you really want to start
to blow piracy apart apart
sell at a price poeple will pay
and piracy will slowly go away

original;

Now you`re gone
I realize my love for you was strong
I miss you here, now you`re gone
I keep waiting here by the phone
With the pictures hanging on the wall

Now you`re gone
I realize my love for you was strong
And I miss you here, now you`re gone
I keep waiting here by the phone
With the pictures hanging on the wall

Is this the way it`s meant to be
Only dreaming that you`re missing me
I`m waiting here at home
I go crazy, now you`re gone

There`s an empty place in my heart
Without my yana it will break apart
It won`t heal, it never fades away
I will think about you everyday

(Ready for take off)

(Are you ready?)

Now you`re gone
I realize my love for you was strong
And I miss you here, now you`re gone
I keep waiting here by the phone
With the pictures hanging on the wall

Is this the way it`s meant to be
Only dreaming that you`re missing me
I`m waiting here at home
I go crazy, now you`re gone

Now you`re gone
I realize my love for you was strong
I miss you here, now you`re gone
I keep waiting here by the phone
With the pictures hanging on the wall

Is this the way it`s meant to be
Only dreaming that you`re missing me
I`m waiting here at home
I go crazy, now you`re gone

There`s an empty place in my heart
Without my yana it will break apart
It won`t heal, it never fades away
I will think about you everyday

Deb Ellingham, Smalley

Category: Text

My Entry

Inspired by Big Brothers Jonas aka Basshunter. Words have been Mandelson-ed

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Rating: 1.8/5 (26 votes cast)