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Music Should Be Heard But Not Understood

Posted by samzenpus on from the dirty-dean-and-the-dunder-cheese dept.

PaxTech writes "Warner/Chapell music has cease-and-desisted a small freeware developer who wrote a Mac OS X lyrics downoading application. pearLyrics in no way contributed to piracy or copyright infringement, it was merely a tool to search for lyrics on public websites and view or add them to mp3 metadata. This is part of a larger crackdown on websites distributing lyrics. Apparently, the labels would like to force us back to a world where Hendrix kisses guys."

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  1. Re:Do it or not by Pulse_Instance · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I highly doubt the RIAA would go after someone like google just because of the size of the company would mean that they would actually be able to fight back.

  2. Re:Facilitators by Curunir_wolf · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Am I the only one having this kind of 'empty-yet-lyric-filled' feeling?

    No, there are lots of clueless morons like you.

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    "Somebody has to do something. It's just incredibly pathetic it has to be us."
    --- Jerry Garcia
  3. Re:Next..Next... by pboulang · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah, that was a pretty dumb post. Funny the first time, but you've totally misused and Britney Spears'ed it. So what, you were just waiting and hoping for a time where you could cut and paste this? Doesn't it seem a little forced to you?

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  4. Re:Facilitators by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Frankly, I'd rather not know what Green Day are trying to communicate. Their lyrics are the usual bush-bashing, "i hate america" crap. Yet, they're still Americans?

    They're better not seen, and not heard.