This is, once again, the copyright industry shooting itself in the foot; They actively go after lyrics sites, thus assuring that any that do exist are of maxima

This is, once again, the copyright industry shooting itself in the foot; They actively go after lyrics sites, thus assuring that any that do exist are of maximal shittyness. The fundamental problem is a technicality of the songwriting process; To assure that lyricists and composers both got fair shares, songs consist of two separate entities for copyright purposes; Their lyrics, and their music. Therefore, when companies protect copyright, they need to protect copyright for the individual parts. Ergo, they go after lyrics sites, since they're committing wholesale infringement. Rather than the record labels setting up their own distribution sites, so that they could control and monetize, they viewed these as valuable property - since, after all, they're half the value of the song! The same problem exists with Guitar tabs, though as they're more specialized the community has mostly rallied to make those sites palatable.