OFF: International Lyrics Server

[Karen Kusic]

It's back!  Sort of . . .

http://www.lyrics.ch/index.htm

Welcome back to lyrics.ch, THE INTERNATIONAL LYRICS SERVER. Through an
arrangement with FOX AGENCY INTERNATIONAL we are working to secure the
authority from the rights owners to bring you lyrics to thousands of
your favorite songs. Individual songs will be posted as each approval is
granted. 
..In the meantime, you can search on Artist, Song Title, Album
and full text to locate songs and recordings that interest you.

http://www.newsweek.com/nw-srv/tnw/today/cs/cs03su_1.htm

>From the Newsweek issue dated July 5, 1999

MUSIC
Huh? What Did He Say?

The internet's top source for pop-music lyrics has returned from a
five-month legal lapse. The International Lyrics Server (www.lyrics.ch)
first posted the lyrics of 116,000 songs in 1997. But a complaint from
the National Music Publishers Association pulled the private library's
plug in January. The two have since settled. Now users can only type
phrases to search for corresponding artists, songs or albums. So if ILS
doesn't match what you think R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe mumbled, you're
lyrically out of luck.