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Lyric Sites In Trouble With The MPA

Posted by timothy on from the great-artists-are-just-mumbling-anyhow dept.

Joe the Lesser writes "Apparently the Music Publishers Association is cracking down on sites, like LyricFind, that display song lyrics without permission. 'Just because there is no central licensing body it doesn't make it right to take lyrics and publish them without permission.' says Sarah Faulder of the MPA."

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  1. Question: by digitalunity · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If there is no central licensing body, who gave authority to the MPA to sue LyricFind on behalf of the copyright holders?

    ??

    ???

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  2. Ah, the iron fist. by yroJJory · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You'd think by now these people would understand that if you can search a snippet of lyric and the complete lyrics show up, then you'll know who the artist is and can go out and buy the album that may have been unknown to you before.

    Um, excuse me? Don't you want to sell more albums and get more royalties?

    I guess not.

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  3. unfathomable by The+Tyro · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I can't count the number of times I've gone to a lyrics site to find a song name/title/artist based soley on a line of lyrics.

    C'mon... everyone's had an old song running through their head from time to time, where they can remember only a line or two. Enter that line into any lyric site (or google with quotation marks around it), find the song, and mark it down on your "future purchases" list.

    What the hell is the matter with these people? I suppose if they want to cut their own throats they're free to do so, but sheesh...

    This has to be a hoax; no organization dedicated to making money can survive long with this level of stupidity.

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  4. Re:Uh...no by MartinG · · Score: 5, Insightful

    then it is still theft.

    It is not theft whether it is paid for or not. It is copyright infringement. This idea that copyright infringement is theft was invented by copyright holders and those who profit from strong copyright protection. If you look at copyright law you will see that it is legally quite different from theft. (and rightly so IMO)

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  5. Re:If they are making money out of it... by Alan+Cox · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If they don't include the lyrics maybe the hearing impared should simply sue them back. There are lots of people who can enjoy music but whose hearing isnt good enough to pull the lyrics out of the music.

  6. boy, is this short sighted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I heard an old Billy Joel ballad on the radio, a song from back in the days when I had hair. I just had a few lines, but the melody stuck with me.

    I typed those lines into Google with his name, and the song popped up on a fan/lyric site. It was "And So It Goes." Never would have found it otherwise.

    I did go out and buy the CD, though it wasn't easy to find. If this is their attitude, next time I'll just snag it off eDonkey. Fuck 'em. Lot's less hassle to just steal it.