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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. Jimi Hendrix Kissing Guys by the.Ceph · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I believe in a Jimi Hendrix biography released not too long ago it talked about gay tendencies he had, meaning a world where Jimi Hendrix kisses guys would be the world that is real.

  2. MOD PARENT UP INSIGHTFUL by jleq · · Score: 1, Redundant

    This is *extremely* true. I don't pirate music, I just buy used CDs (take that, record industry) at a price far cheaper than I can get on any (legit) online music store. Often times, however, I find my music for googling a part of the lyrics.

  3. Re:Facilitators by The+Ilia · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The fact that you couldn't grasp those limited lyrics (4 words total) while listening to the song says a lot.

    --
    All of the brightest boys, To play with the biggest toys - More than they bargained for...