Dee Snider may have approved the use of “We’re Not Gonna Take It” as a “battlecry” for the Ukrainian people, but he did not provide his approval of this parody involving the Twisted Sister hit. As reported by Blabbermouth, Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Meta/Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, has shared a video about cryptocurrency that involves a parody of “We’re Not Gonna Take It.”
Zuckerberg’s version of the song takes the classic line and puts a spin on it, her version saying, “We’re All Gonna Make It” – playing off the concept of making money off of cryptocurrency. Per Benzinga, Zuckerberg had worked as a spokesperson and marketing at Facebook and is the co-founder of Hug, a Web3 company. You can watch the video of the parody below.
A decade ago, I sang this song on Broadway. Today I sing this song, surrounded by new friends, as a rallying cry for the women of web3. Together, we can accomplish anything. And have fun doing it! #WAGMI
PS Look for some fun cameos!
PPS Sorry for *language* at the end 🤣 pic.twitter.com/W9pYZmxwXz— randizuckerberg.eth (@randizuckerberg) February 28, 2022
Some Twisted Sister fans who caught wind of this parody on March 4th complained to Dee Snider, accusing him of providing Zuckerberg permission to use the song. In response to these accusations, Dee Snider wrote the following via Twitter:
“FOR THE RECORD: If someone sings @TwistedSisterNY Song we have ZERO control. As long as it is not being as a commercial and though she is promoting her personal beliefs, it’s not a paid commercial. This is parody.”
As the conversation on Twitter develops, Snider continues to comment on the video along with fans. The view count of the video catches him by surprise, and eventually, he shares that Twisted Sister’s lawyers are looking into the matter.
If you want to check out the multiple tweets Dee snider has posted regarding this matter, you can find them below.
FOR THE RECORD: If someone sings @TwistedSisterNY song we have ZERO control. As long as it is not being as a commercial and though she is promoting her personal beliefs, it’s not a paid commercial. This is parody. https://t.co/yjSxW2Q4c5
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) March 4, 2022
I am actually have our “people” look into this one. https://t.co/GI9Sm99DCs
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) March 4, 2022
Sorry gang. As I’ve tried to explain, we have no control over parody or who sings the song. This is not for commercial use. https://t.co/NLtrH8hhwf
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) March 4, 2022
With 2.4 million views! WTF?! https://t.co/sO1Feyady4
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) March 4, 2022
Uh…yuck. (But I legally can’t do anything about it) https://t.co/tc6pQ1F1YX
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) March 4, 2022
Unfortunately, my lawyers say it’s not suable or stoppable. https://t.co/7Z8BlyGNJB
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) March 4, 2022
We’ve got zero control…and why the hell does it have 2.5 million views!? https://t.co/RC5TSHTQhl
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) March 4, 2022
ZERO laws are being broken. There is nothing we can do. https://t.co/vLcpan2MgW
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) March 4, 2022
ATTENTIONS ALL: @TwistedSisterNY has lawyers working on this now. It looks like it may not fall (as initially thought) into the “fair use” category and we can get it stopped and taken down. But again…WHY DOES IT HAVE 2.5 MILLION VIEWS! @randizuckerberg
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) March 4, 2022
And a lot of those are people watching in disbelief and disgust! https://t.co/JrIH99tZaU
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) March 4, 2022
Titus…no fee was paid or approval given! https://t.co/KnyGyBgwOc
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) March 4, 2022
This is the grey area. Initial legal analysis says it’s opinion not promoting an actual crypto website. But upon a deeper look…. https://t.co/zZ4MIQoJpL
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) March 4, 2022
Right? That @randizuckerberg dog shit has 2.5 million and my new video “Stand” has 75K. WTF?!https://t.co/FzOi7OjfWy https://t.co/LDpcm6Joz6
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) March 4, 2022
No. @alyankovic care to explain how that works?
(PS Royalties are paid to the original artist with every record Al sells) https://t.co/vX62jJCGAe— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) March 4, 2022
And ripping people off apparently. https://t.co/2VhTNpk2fd
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) March 5, 2022
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Words by: Michael Pementel
