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Thread #87083 Message #1623567
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
09-Dec-05 - 10:53 AM
Thread Name: Crack down on song and lyric sites
Subject: RE: Crack down on song and lyric sites
I read the BBC article. It would be a good one to take to English class as an example of careless and inflammatory journalism.
For example, the references to:
guitar licks - does the reporter even know what a guitar lick is? many licks have been around for a long time
the move - what move was that, exactly?
jail time - judges don't put people in prison just because rich white men want them to. There are sentencing guidelines in the law. What do they say?
Meanwhile, I can understand music publishers wanting to be paid for their product. If the issue is money, why don't they work out a way to get money from the websites? Duh!