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Badfingerlinks.com will not post song lyrics because of both legal and ethical issues.

There has been a long debate over the legality of posting song lyrics and in this digital
age it is even more complicated. Short story - posting without permission from the artist
and/or the publishing agency is copyright infringement and therefore, illegal.

The Harry Fox Agency
"If you are manufacturing and distributing copies of a song which you did not write, and
you have not already reached an agreement with the song's publisher, you need to obtain a
mechanical license. This is required under U.S. Copyright Law, regardless of whether or
not you are selling the copies that you made."
http://www.harryfox.com/

Online music lyric sites are everywhere!
"...Web site operators (need) to license sheet music, says Bob Kohn, author of Kohn on
Music Licensing, a book that is regarded by many in the industry as an authority on the
matter. While there are streamlined ways for people to obtain licenses to perform
copyrighted songs in public or cover them in recordings, there is no equivalent for
lyrics or sheet music, he pointed out."

"Online lyrics and sheet music sites "are valuable services that consumers want, but
unfortunately, there's no easy mechanism for commercial businesses on the Internet to
efficiently obtain the licenses they require to put up lyrics," Kohn said. "The new
technology has come along, and the traditional industry needs to catch up.""

"Clouding the issue in many instances is whether the copying is excused under the "fair
use" exemptions of the federal Copyright Act. Under that doctrine, it is permissible to
reproduce copyrighted material without permission in limited situations, such as in news
stories or scholarly articles. A number of factors are considered in determining fair
use, such as what proportion of the total work is copied and whether it is used for
commercial or nonprofit purposes."

"But Harry Fox president Edward Murphy rebuffed those arguments in the statement,
saying: "It is recognized in virtually every copyright law around the world...that
only the copyright owners have the right to make and distribute copies of their works,
including the lyrics.""

CNET.com ~ Lyrics posted on Net come under fire
http://www.news.com/2100-1023-220394.html


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BWR Note: If you have a question about a specific song lyric, please contact me:
bwr_rick@hotmail.com

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