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Why go to a bar for karaoke night when an iPod may be the way to see the lyrics while a song plays?

Apple has a patent application in process with the USPTO. The “dynamic lyrics display for portable media devices” patent sounds like a way to turn one’s iPod into the technological facilitator of people badly mangling the words to Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”

AppleInsider thinks this is part of a plan to license lyrics from Gracenote for re-publication:

Back in April, the iPod maker was rumored to be in talks with digital media company Gracenote over the possibility of licensing authorized song lyrics for redistribution on its ubiquitous iTunes Store.

The move, which would follow a similar pact between Gracenote and Yahoo! Music, was said to be part of a larger industry-backed push to stifle proliferation of rogue websites that currently dominate online lyrics market, often offering inaccurate lyrics and never compensating artists for their work.

Such a deal would compensate artists every time someone thinks they can nail something like Social Distortion’s “Ball and Chain” at a wedding reception when they sneak up to the microphone while the band takes a break. “Well it’s been ten years and a thousand tears/And look at the mess I’m in.”

Via AppleInsider

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