@[email protected] to Fuck [email protected]English • 1 year agoEat shit Spotify.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square346arrow-up1966
arrow-up1847imageEat shit Spotify.lemmy.world@[email protected] to Fuck [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square346
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoYou and I can do that but they’re not just caching they’re redistributing which requires royalties
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoDisplaying written lyrics does not require a royalty payment to anyone.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoIt does unless they agree to let you redistribute the lyrics without one. Lyrics are copyrighted. https://www.musicconnection.com/copyright-issues-scriped-entertainment-song-lyrics/ https://www.thelaw.com/law/are-song-titles-lyrics-protected-by-copyright-or-trademark-law.317/ You may get lucky and have a band that doesn’t care or won’t notice your operation, but Spotify has music from the big labels and they do care and they will notice.
You and I can do that but they’re not just caching they’re redistributing which requires royalties
Displaying written lyrics does not require a royalty payment to anyone.
It does unless they agree to let you redistribute the lyrics without one. Lyrics are copyrighted.
https://www.musicconnection.com/copyright-issues-scriped-entertainment-song-lyrics/
https://www.thelaw.com/law/are-song-titles-lyrics-protected-by-copyright-or-trademark-law.317/
You may get lucky and have a band that doesn’t care or won’t notice your operation, but Spotify has music from the big labels and they do care and they will notice.