When people can get the lyrics to songs on fabric-embossed seam tape, where does that leave the song lyrics website industry?

Hi, I’m Ted, and I want to talk to you about something very important to me, my wife and children, and thousands of others who make their living from running a song lyric website loaded with as many pop-ups, ad banners, offers for ringtones, and malware as the current technology will allow.

It's called lyric taping. You may not have heard of it yet, but you will. Many artists, including legendary guitarist Santana, are currently using this new way of taping the seams of their officially-licensed baseball caps to deliver the lyrics to their songs straight to you, the consumer. By doing so, these artists are attempting to destroy an entire industry of good people attempting to skate the very razor’s edge of copyright law for their own personal gain. Every time you check your Abraxas Angel Santana Hat for the lyrics to one of his songs, you’re taking money from these people, people like me, who depend on your visits to feed their families, keep a roof over their heads, and pay debts brought on by crippling Internet pornography addictions. Does that seem right to you?

Please. Don’t let the ease and comfort of simply buying a baseball cap with lyrics embossed on the seams entice you. My family thanks you, I thank you, and the guy who wrote the virus that shut down your computer last month thanks you.

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