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by anewaccountname 6569 days ago
>Using someone's copyrighted material without their consent is never ok.

Sometimes it is fine.

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It is almost definitely fine if you live outside of the USA.
It seems the norm in this sector is to be open about this data (lyrics), all of the main sites have same and none are in license agreements. Plus others are opening shop with APIs for access.