pearLyrics

pearLyrics was a freeware Mac app that downloaded the lyrics of MP3s being played from publicly available websites. Was. It was, because Warner/Chappell sent the author of the app a cease and desist letter, because he was infringing on their copyright by ... hmm ... this is where I got lost. For what? For finding the lyrics of the songs online and displaying them on a user's computer? Any browser + search engine combination does exactly the same thing! Just when will corporations realize that they're taking this whole ownership thing a bit too far?

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  1. Amal1:51 a.m., December 11, 2005

    When people stop buying music put out by corporations who go after the little guy.

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