@[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]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.
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.