Is it against copyright laws to run song lyrics site ?
 

Anybody knows if this true and have there been any legal battles over this issue?

There is no point to start a new lyrics site now.

Depends on how you use it. It would appear to qualify as a "work of authorship" and thus be entitled to copyright protection. However, you could probably make some "fair use" arguments if you are simply publishing it for non-commercial reasons.

nope all good go ahead.

who would build a lyric site for "non-commercial" reasons???

Way too late.

I noticed like 90% of them are scraped or run by the same company too, they have the exact same typos, etc.

Almost certain it is illegal as the writer owns the words. No different than a book.

Here in Portugal, assuming my Copyright classes, Yes.
Even sing or play them.
Their rights ends after 70yrs...

You may want to read this article...

http://news.cnet.com/Lyrics-sites-ou...3-6203085.html

If you plan to monetize the the site, then, yes, there are legal ramifications to using other's copyrighted works without their express permission.

Never too late to suck easy traffic from the search engines with something like this. A constant supply of new content and searches to compete for. You could easily enough auto-generate a gigantic back library of lyrics, and setup the site to auto-update in the future. You may not ever become the net's biggest and baddest lyrics site, but you can certainly suckle your fair share of music traffic if you're looking to push ringtones or some shit. You don't have to make things hard on yourself with a project like this.

Smart words :2 cents:. Yes, it can be easily done.
But take care about legal issues.

Hit me if u need someone to make this script for u.
We can talk about it.

Ask a lawyer, not the GFY law "experts". LOL

Just pour through your local, regional and national case law. Easy stuff.

probably not legal, but make a fake submit page, put DMCA complaint link on the bottom of every page and you are good to go :thumbsup :1orglaugh
that's what tube sites have been doing for years...

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh...

Plain and simple :


No.


Also plain and simple :

You will get away with it.

:1orglaugh

Seeing you use Karisweets.com content, in your avatar, does it really matter ? :1orglaugh

He didn't ask me if it was a good business model lol.

As I said, the only way you can do this is for fair use. However, one could take a "tube" approach, i.e., rely on user submitted lyrics, post a DMCA, and issue take downs to try to avoid liability. I personally think you could still get blasted, as the owner is obviously soliciting copyrightable material, but it is better than nothing.

Also, what constitutes "commercialization" is kinda gray, so one may be able to publish on fair use grounds, find an interesting way to monetize, and argue that the monetization does not rise to the level of commercializing the copyrightable work.

It's illegal. But nobody cares.

I don't think at all, but just guessing.