What is a lyricist?
Q: What is a lyricist?
A: A lyricist is a person who writes lyrics, which are the words to a song.
Q: What does the meaning of lyrics usually depend on?
A: The meaning of lyrics usually depends on how easy or difficult it is to understand them.
Q: Where can people find the lyrics to songs?
A: People can find the lyrics to songs on many websites.
Q: Why did the United States Music Publishers' Association (MPA) create a campaign in December 2005?
A: The MPA created a campaign in December 2005 because some websites were including copyrighted lyrics without permission from the copyright holder.
Q: What did MPA president Lauren Keiser want to see happen with site operators?
A: MPA president Lauren Keiser wanted to see some site operators put in prison.
Q: When looking at difficult-to-understand lyrics, what do people tend to look more at instead of their meaning?
A: When looking at difficult-to-understand lyrics, people tend to look more at the form, articulation, meter, and symmetries of the lyrics instead of looking at their meaning.