Tag: LYRICS

Some began as a hobby, but now, many of the websites that publish song lyrics bring in serious revenue. For example, Metrolyrics.com, which is owned by 24-year-old Milun Tesovic, hauled in about $10 million last year. According to The New York Times, songwriters and music publishers are now grappling with how to grab their share of these profits. However, it's not easy for them to collect ...

The music industry, as it continues to hemorrhage money, has been on a rampage against pirates and file-sharing sites. Just within the last two months, one woman was ordered to pay roughly $2 million for illegally downloading 24 songs, and a Boston University student was fined $675,000 for "stealing" 30 songs. Industry professionals have apparently now shifted their focus from the music thieves ...

Internet, blogs, Web journals, Facebook -- all of these things have given researchers, psychologists and online buddies an unprecedented glimpse into our personal lives. Suddenly, an influx of gadgets designed to communicate our every thought and move are prevalent, and behavior scientists are having a field day. The New York Times wrote on Wednesday about a paper that is being released by a ...

Do you sing along to your favorite songs? If so, do you know the lyrics? Are you sure? You might be surprised. A recent poll from the U.K. has revealed the top 10 misunderstood lyrics that someone somewhere has blasted out in a drunken sing-along: Madonna, 'Like A Virgin' - "Touched for the 33rd time." (Real lyric: "Touched for the very first time.") REM, 'Losing My Religion' - "Let's pee ...

Starting today, Yahoo! Music will be the first online music store to legally offer lyrics. After a deal with Gracenote and the five major music labels, Yahoo! Music will sport more than 400,000 songs' lyrics in a completely searchable database. While there are already several lyric sites, Yahoo!'s marks the first legal service of its kind, as the songwriters and labels own copyrights to the ...