Actauly there are more non musical threads than other so it would not make any difference if the database was not there, the bs threads and Mudcat Tavern would still be there.

Re the Songs and copyright, seems to me nobody cares a hoot any more as radio/audio is a serious declining media, and video is taking over. If Harry Fox and friends do manage to gag all the lyric sites, people will make their own entertainment just like they used to do way back in the 1800's. Harry can have all the old c/r stuff since most of it is crap and irrelevant to todays society.

In fact releveancy to today is almost certainly not copyright for obvious reasons. It used to be possible to push a release on radio, not anymore!

A folksinger today is some ole guy with 2 strings on a beat up guitar sitting on a porch playing the wildwoodflower.