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Ode To The NYTimes Legal Force

840 views · Published 6 June 2013 · 2:18 · Indexed 27 October 2026

Channel: Jonathan Mann · 2013 · Music

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So, I got an email this morning from a lawyer working for the New York Times. As I show in the song, she basically threatened dire legal action if I don't remove their illustrations from my workout video. 

I decided to respond to their request in the form of a song. 

Read about Cody Brown's legal woes:
https://medium.com/meta/503b9c22080b

See my workout video: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LezAR...

Deborah Farrell-Beshaw is a lawyer for the New York Times
She sent me a scary email detailing my crimes
She says,
 "It came to my attention you created an exercise video that utilizes a series of
illustrations made Ben Wiseman to accompany an article called 
"The Scientific 7-Minute Workout" 
"The Scientific 7-Minute Workout" 

She says,
If you have not caused the video to be taken down within three business days of receipt of this letter
We will have no choice but to pursue all available legal remedies

Oh, Deborah
Oh, New York Times
Oh, you got me
I apologize for my crimes
I didn't have permission
To use those illustrations
And for that I am sorry
Congratulations 
I won't use them anymore

Deborah
Can we talk about your focus
When you went after Cody Brown
And his amazing work on ScrollKit
See, we are fans of the New York Times
We are not criminals
You should embrace the fact we love you so much
We wanna repurpose your images 

You should embrace the fact we love you so much
We wanna repurpose your images 
You should embrace the fact we love you so much
We wanna repurpose your images 

Well, I don't wanna get preachy
Perhaps it's already too late
I think this song will piss you off
But I just want to say
Please don't treat me like your enemy
 

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