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Song Sites Face Legal Crackdown CaptainPotato writes "According to the BBC, the Music Publishers' Association is stepping up to launch the next phase in the music industry's battle against online music. The MPA is demanding jail time for the maintainers of websites offering unlicensed song scores and lyrics. The MPA President has stated that closing websites and imposing fines is not enough, stating that by 'throw [ing]in some jail time I think we'll be a little more effective' in its crusade." We just recently reported on the pearLyrics cease-and-desist order as well. SlashDot

If you criminalize music, only criminals will have music. They still don't get it. They need to evolve, not sue their own customers and people who understand change. I suppose a race of animal that realizes it is on the way out has the opportunity to eat all the animals that are evolving it out of existence. It is a battle for survival after all. I hope the new guys get a chance to thrive.