Talk:The Ex (song)

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[edit] make sure this is appropriate for the link

this link is under the singles category there for make a page about the single or add stuff about the single to this page

[edit] Lyrics

I have taken the liberty of removing the lyrics from this and other singles pages, because song lyrics are copyrighted (because it is a creative work, see What is copyright?). It is also not very fit for an encyclopedia. We must respect this. If you want the lyrics that bad, go buy the album and support the band at the same time, they're in the booklet. -- Reaper X 21:15, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

You know, alot of liner notes don't have the lyrics for the songs on them. Quite frankly, the lyrics for a song are very important, even for popular music, and don't try to feed me that "support the band" line. Looking up lyrics or instrument tab on the internet isn't like downloading an album via p2p (let's not get into debating whether downloading mp3s is piracy), it's reference. I don't know about you, but I go to encyclopedias for reference. --CannedLizard 22:31, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
That plus although I'm not sure how much of a say he has in terms of what's done with the band's music (since the label has the actual rights) I have once asked Ian personally, via the Billy Talent forums what his views on guitar tablature were (since at the time I had seen many tab sites closed due to legal threats) and he replied

I personally don't mind them, it's great for aspiring guitar player's to learn. I learned guitar in the early 90's before the internet had even come out so the best way for me to learn back then was just listening to records and trying to play along. Hope that answers your question!

best,
ian

I'm not going to try and debate legality on this. I'm not a lawyer and thus I have no way of proving/disproving that lyrics/tablature are legal to be freely distributed, but the "support the band" line doesn't even apply necessarily to lyrics. I've seen many an album that DON'T have lyrics in the liner notes.BrianRecchia (talk) 15:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)