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Re:NMPA Targets Unlicensed Lyric Sites, Rap Genius Among 50 ... by chc on Monday November 11, 2013 @08:20PM (#6715262)
I don't think there is even a reasonable way to pay them something in this case. Am I mistaken?
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Re:NMPA Targets Unlicensed Lyric Sites, Rap Genius Among 50 ... by anigbrowl on Monday November 11, 2013 @08:54PM (#6715362)
You license them from the publishers, as LyricFind did: http://thenextweb.com/media/2012/01/30/lyricfind-gets-the-gl...

The Harry Fox agency (harryfox.com) is the industry broker for music publication licensing, virtually everything in the US can be licensed through them.

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Re:NMPA Targets Unlicensed Lyric Sites, Rap Genius Among 50 ... by Amadou on Monday November 11, 2013 @09:11PM (#6715438)
You license them from the publishers, as LyricFind did

Looks like LyricFind is owned by Gracenote. Considering that Gracenote got its start by absconding with user-submitted CDDB data, submitted with the understanding that it was GPL'd, that they would pay for lyrics licensing is ironic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracenote_licensing_controvers...

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