MetroLyrics

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
MetroLyrics
Founded December 30, 2002; 21 years ago (2002-12-30)[1]
Headquarters Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Founder(s) Milun Tesovic, Alan Juristovski
Services Lyrics
Employees 10+[2]
Parent CBS Interactive
Website MetroLyrics.com
Alexa rank Negative increase 1,390 (May 2015)[3]

MetroLyrics is a lyrics-dedicated website, founded in December 2002. The MetroLyrics database contains over 1 million songs performed by over 16,000 artists.

MetroLyrics was the first lyrics-dedicated site to license licensing aggregator Gracenote Inc.'s lyrics catalogue in April 2008.[4] Through this lyrics licensing model, lyrics copyright holders accrue royalty revenue when their work is displayed on MetroLyrics.com. Royalties are paid on all displayed lyrics and are handled through Gracenote. In January 2013, LyricFind acquired Gracenote's lyrics licensing business, merging it in with their own.[5] MetroLyrics' licensing model is distinct, as many lyrics websites still offer content that is allegedly unlicensed and copyright infringing.[6]

MetroLyrics was acquired by CBS Interactive in October 2011.[7]

References

  1. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. MetroLyrics: How a B.C. teen created one of the world's biggest music sites
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. Metroleap.com
  5. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

  • No URL found. Please specify a URL here or add one to Wikidata.

<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>