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Sting wanted his MTV

I was informed by Jeremy that Sting sang the key lyric "I want my, I want my, I want my MTV." on the Dire Straits song Money for Nothing. I should have known it because the tune is very similar to "Don't stand so, Don't stand so, Don't stand so close to me." The conversation came-up as we were discussing some new technologies where you can make these short mixes with three second clips of your favorite songs. There were some copyright issues apparently where you could make a mix using songs you hadn't bought but not with the songs you had purchased. The short Sting bit with the same tune had gotten into a whole legal battle about it because the record label for Money for Nothing wasn't the same as the Police label and the song tune was identical despite it being a parody.

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