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Wikia gets into the lyrics business, acquires LyricWiki
In the process of snapping up LyricWiki, Wikia also negotiated a licensing deal for the song lyrics themselves, so there's no worry about record companies trying to shut the site down. Wikia runs on open-source wiki software and doesn't show tons of ads, like every other lyric site you'll stumble upon if you try Googling for song lyrics. It also has the advantage of a large number of users to correct the lyrics, so you're likely to find more accurate results than on sites that function more as banner-ad billboards than lyrics collections.
[via VentureBeat]
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Josh said 5:50PM on 10-20-2009
What does this mean for lyric adding apps like for itunes?
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Josh said 6:13PM on 10-20-2009
Hopefully they will begin working again. From what I have seen, the record companies forced LyricWiki to stop allowing this functionality a while back.
Ji said 11:42PM on 10-20-2009
Hopefully it becomes more popular, it really is/can be the best Lryic site, all others are just junk with ads and scrolling flash junk with love hearts lol.
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