lloyd61: my (possibly incomplete or flawed) understanding is that if the lyric database is outside the USA, it is beyond the direct reach of US laws. (But remember, I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice, does not establish a lawyer-client relationship, etc.) Depending on the state of copyright relations between the US and the country where the database resides, parties who fancied themselves infringed might be able to bring actions in the other country's courts. Also if the other country is a member of the World Trade Organization, the US might be able to use the WTO mechanism to make thing unpleasant for the other country.