Google Music

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Google gets its groove on
December 16, 2005 6:31 AM PST
Google launched a new service this week that lets people search for links to song lyrics, albums and artists.

The search engine company hasn't launched its own music store, but does offer links to online stores including Apple Computer's iTunes service, RealNetworks Rhapsody, eMusic and Amazon.com.

Bloggers generally liked the service, although a few wondered if Google would run into trouble for reproducing lyrics, an act that has drawn the attention of some lawyers for music publishers.

This shouldn't be a problem. Google is just appending a search like "kylie minogue lyrics) to the screen so they are finding webpages, not "providing" copyrighted lyrics.

Trouble is, it must be glitchy, because, in the case of Kylie, the chronological sort is incorect and the popularity sort is not based on the number of records sold, so how is CD and release popularity determined?