Slight thread-creep here; the original question was about outlets for people to sing, as Roger explained. Also, the MPA only controls US artists, I understand (could be wrong there), whereas Roger's references concern the UK. But it is related - so here's my tuppence worth: I think the MPA is barking up the wrong tree when it comes to lyrics, and they are doing nobody any favour, including the artists they represent. The same goes for the tablatures. In both cases the material represents someone's interpretation of what they "heard" anyway. When it comes to MP3 distribution, that is a different matter, as it directly affects potential sales by the artist (let's not start a discussion about "to what extent", this has been beaten to death before).

But the overall impression is of a music industry that is totally missing the point of emerging technologies, and instead of embracing them and working with them they try to stifle their usage. They are no more capable of doing that than Canute was of stilling the waves.

Anyway - I distribute my MP3s (28 of them) and all my published lyrics from my own website. They are all copyright-registered, but I offer them for free. How on earth could the MPA stop me from doing this (I know they are interested in music-swapping sites, rather than cases like mine). In any case, let them try.

Bring it on...