I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side project

Great story from a great era.<p>And as I was reading this I was humming Springsteen to myself<p><i>&quot;Glory days, well, they&#x27;ll pass you by<p>Glory days, in the wink of a young girl&#x27;s eye<p>Glory days, glory days&quot;</i><p>Turns out directlyrics doesn&#x27;t have those lyrics. Google however returned them at top of the search homepage.<p>And... wow!<p>TIL there is a version of this great song with a verse that was not included in the original 80s version.<p><i>&quot;My old man worked twenty years on the line<p>And they let him go<p>Now everywhere he goes out looking for work<p>They just tell him that he&#x27;s too old&quot;</i><p>Here&#x27;s the video: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;P5-IoEcolp8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;P5-IoEcolp8</a><p><i>Glory days!</i>

Great story. I worked as your competitor with metrolyrics about 5 years ago. It was a lot more interesting than I thought it would be. I think you put the correct amount of effort in, added some value and moved on nicely. Much kudos

I feel like starting a business with a massive theft of other people&#x27;s intellectual property isn&#x27;t a great model to follow.

Hi, OP here. Happy to answer any specific question...

how much has rapgenius taken away from you? i know i used to land up in one of many crappy lyrics sites, such as yours, because those seem to be the only places to find them but these days i mostly stick to rapgenius for its clean interface. i imagine rapgenius&#x27;s rise must have done some damage with their clearly superior technology?

The transition from unlicensed to licensed seems like a big step. Did the publishers just reach out and ask you to pay a fee?

I found one line from that article really funny:<p>&gt; an LA-based company that was run by a self-proclaimed co-founder of MySpace<p>I&#x27;ve met several people in southern california that say they are myspace co-founders. Why on earth is myspace the go-to mark for them?

Read the whole article waiting to find out how he got the lyrics and was disappointed. An article on a website selling content should at least include the source of the content.

I&#x27;ve contracted malware twice from merely clicking on Google search results for lyrics. I never visit lyrics sites anymore.

I&#x27;d be curious to see some month to month (or year to year) financial charts.

&quot;And that’s all there is to it.&quot; srsly?

That&#x27;s a lot of content to get licensed. You have to individually negotiate with every band and artist to get the license for their lyrics?