Winning the PR Battle at Every Turn

[Jason Tate]

Be careful, reading lyrics for free, may soon become illegal (http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/12/06/pearlyrics.shut.down/&startNumber=10).

[Katie Schmitz]

Pooey.

[Northstar1245]

So who has this and wants to send it to me?

[TJ.Wells]

Wow...this is complete and utter bullshit.

[Rickywithoutyou]

what the hell?
thats pathetic


... where will they stop?

[_all_star_me_]

maybe the onion wasnt too off.

[Throwback]

Yes, shut out all access to free art. Since art is all about money and not self-expression.

I'm sorry if that sounds melodramatic, but its truly where I stand.

[Jason Tate]

maybe the onion wasnt too off.
Ever read their article on "five-razor-blades" - that one came true.

[Rickywithoutyou]

yeah that onion article seems more realistic by the day ... o.o

[ThatGirl]

Thats rediculous. I use a lyrics site to look up lyrics to cds I actually own because im too lazy to go get the cd book. And then you have those random bands that dont put lyrics in their CD books. I honestly wonder why these people are getting paid. Their jobs are nothing more than "see how much you can piss off the general public" jobs.

[hurleypunk28]

my hate for the music industry grows everyday. this is freaking ridiculous. I wonder how much they think we the consumers can take of this bullshit. I hope everysingle one of the companies goes bankrupt. dumbasses

[Drew Beringer]

:shake:

[Valued at Zero]

This is complete nonsensical bullshit. Trying to shut down lyrics sites? What the hell??

[Rickywithoutyou]

its quite worrying what lengths they are going to ...

[Joanna187]

yeah, like there will suddenly be no way for us to find the lyrics somewhere else...sure

[AnalogBoy]

and this is what happens when art becomes an industry.


I think i hate record execs more than anyone on the planet

[aminorthreat55]

I'm writing a letter to my congressmen/women once finals finish and I'm going to make a big fucking fuss about it. The need to enact consumer protection before these overaggressive labels ruin the industry they're trying to save.

[resUrectMe617]

listening to music is now illegal. watch.

[KalwithaK11]

soon we wonbe able to listen to music at all. We are all DOOMED!!:sealed:

[Valued at Zero]

i bet indie labels go next.

[Darren McLeod]

Now what will 13 year old girls do to find things to add to their myspace?

[Stubby0918]

Now what will 13 year old girls do to find things to add to their myspace?
HAHAHA

I think the posting of lyrics on websites should be the artist's decision or not. I don't see the big deal of it anyway.

[YellowNovember]

This is stupid they are just Lyrics ....simple words ....wow that they are stopping this. Onion might be right:(

[dretti]

That is so stupid. That pisses me off.

[XxDrumsxX]

my hate for the music industry grows everyday. this is freaking ridiculous. I wonder how much they think we the consumers can take of this bullshit. I hope everysingle one of the companies goes bankrupt. dumbasses


Me too, I don't believe some of the things they are trying to do now. Just because there are ways around making these assholes filthy rich, they are doing every F'd up thing to see that doesn't happen. Just shows how greedy people are.

[The Fix]

hahahahahahahahathey are so completely out of touch it's unbelievable...the concept of PR is completely lost on these guys

[.lizzie.]

this is so sad....it worries me what the industry is coming to

[timbokiller]

the last comment on the website is absolutely ridiculous....maybe if major labels didnt feed us shitty music, they wouldnt have to worry about hiding shitty lyrics. That person is a moron.

[tommyhaych]

WHAT THE FUCK... (scuse the caps). In my eyes, songs are split into two halves - the music and the lyrics. And like someone said before, it's all about free expression. I like hearing about a song someone's raved about but I haven't heard yet and searching it on a lyric site and seeing what makes the song (i.e, Jimmy Eat World, Something Corporate).

Honestly, what monkey thought the idea up that lyrics were a part of the whole filesharing nonesense? Do they think someones gonna build their own song from someone else's lyrics?

Man I hate this whole music industry thing now.

[Kelley Nicole]

that's fucking stupid, especially since some bands don't even include lyrics with their cds.

[ForeverInADay]

I won't let this bother me. I mean, fuck, I masturbate in public.


AHAHAHAHA

[blankster07]

Be careful, reading lyrics for free, may soon become illegal (http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/12/06/pearlyrics.shut.down/&startNumber=10).

omfg you have to be kidding me?... when is this going to stop?

answer: not until the government takes total control of the internet... southland tales....

[timmysavedlatin]

i choose to change my answer to jason's question about how the music industry can make us buy all the cds we download a couple posts back to "STOP DOING SHIT LIKE THIS"

[eldude9482]

F That Son!!

[CorporateFish]

Thats rediculous. I use a lyrics site to look up lyrics to cds I actually own because im too lazy to go get the cd book. And then you have those random bands that dont put lyrics in their CD books. I honestly wonder why these people are getting paid. Their jobs are nothing more than "see how much you can piss off the general public" jobs.
No joke.
This is awful.

[Talib Scottie]

By the year 2009, music will no longer exist.

Keep up the good work.

/sarcasm

[knux]

i want a mac so bad

[smallbutfeisty]

ridiculous...

[Electric Child]

1984.

[Cali Dreaming]

Fuck art?

[FASSWcore]

god i hate the music industry...absolutely hate it

[PunkRocks]

Maybe they should just tell their artists to stop putting lyrics in their songs. Therefore, no lyrics, no websites with their lyrics.

[Talib Scottie]

We'll have to get our lyrics in brown paper bags

[weezer182]

:shake:

[when 4ever ends]

and this is what happens when art becomes an industry.
exactly

[moonlights]

Thats rediculous. I use a lyrics site to look up lyrics to cds I actually own because im too lazy to go get the cd book. And then you have those random bands that dont put lyrics in their CD books. I honestly wonder why these people are getting paid. Their jobs are nothing more than "see how much you can piss off the general public" jobs.
yeah, most bands don't have the complete and/or accurate lyrics to their songs in the cd (by accurate i mean, say, taking back sunday) and some don't have them at all and seriously, annuciation doesn't seem to be a skill of a lot of singers nowadays....

[gergs]

Can someone post the link to the onion article about this? It sounds very interesting.

[atticusfinch]

Warner must die.

[moonlights]

somewhat offtopic, but i remember when my mom stayed in a hotel in iowa she got a printed version of the onion. for free from the hotel. i thought that was pretty damn cool.

[starcrossdlovex]

Was there ever a program like this for non-mac users?

I'm really disgusted by this. It's our music, just let us enjoy it already.


1984.
I was thinking the exact same thing when I saw this.

[smalltymehero]

this is the most retarded thing EVER.

[pbelamy]

somewhat offtopic, but i remember when my mom stayed in a hotel in iowa she got a printed version of the onion. for free from the hotel. i thought that was pretty damn cool.
Yeah, my sister lives in Milwaukee and can get a paper copy all over the place. I guess it's based in Wisconsin or something and if you live close enough they do that. Sucks for us west coasters.

[One Aware]

wow. i feel like we should have seen this coming, but I honestly didn't. i'm not surprised, absolutely absurd.

[Kelley Nicole]

somewhat offtopic, but i remember when my mom stayed in a hotel in iowa she got a printed version of the onion. for free from the hotel. i thought that was pretty damn cool.
yeah they have them all over chicago too. you can get subscriptions to that through their website if you can't get the free copies though.

[llwin]

USA scares me at times :huh:

[Manbotisdead]

Be careful, reading lyrics for free, may soon become illegal (http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/12/06/pearlyrics.shut.down/&startNumber=10).

Never gonna happen.

[AsheyLarryRXB]

Yeah, my sister lives in Milwaukee and can get a paper copy all over the place. I guess it's based in Wisconsin or something and if you live close enough they do that. Sucks for us west coasters.

if u want a paper copy check out Barnes and Noble. I live in CT and the one in my city carries it.