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Real Adds Lyrics to Rhapsody

By the Betanews Staff | Published July 9, 2007, 12:38 PM

Following in the footsteps of Yahoo, RealNetworks on Monday added searchable lyrics to Rhapsody Online, the Web-based version of the company's subscription music service. Customers can view legal lyrics and listen to songs for free on demand.

The addition was possible thanks to an agreement with LyricFind, which has forged deals with major music labels to license song lyrics. Real also says it has indexed its new lyrics database so search engines can pick it up and drive more traffic to Rhapsody; lyric searches are incredibly popular on the Web. Yahoo launched the first legal lyrics site in late April through a partnership with Gracenote, which has licensed the content like LyricFind.

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ModderXManiac
Jul 9, 2007 - 1:39 PM

Not that I like iTunes, it sure beats Rhapsody, and I bet it will adopt the same feature very soon.

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