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Why don't the songs have lyrics on them? Very simply, copyright laws. After we were first contacted that we were in violation of copyright laws, I started doing some research. I found that they were absolutely correct - showing the lyrics is a violation of copyright, period. However, I disagreed about the chords part, and I've been arguing that we are legally allowed to display the chords. The companies initially refused, but eventually Brentwood-Benson Music and Integrity Music agreed to allow us to post the chords as long as we didn't post the lyrics. Vineyard Music still said that we had to remove everything. While we felt that posting the chords should be allowed, we didn't care to get into a legal fight. Since that time, Vineyard has come back a bit and now agrees with Brentwood and Integrity, and they'll allow us to post their songs as long as they are lyric free. So, that's the story. Any songs that still have lyrics won't have them for long, as we're in the process of removing all of the lyrics from the site so there won't be any problems in the future. IHL, |