Hi,
I have seen several posts in the past about biab files with melody and lyrics being illegal, but I still have a question about this.

If someone in this forum is knowledgeable about this, as I am almost certain there is, would you mind clarifying exactly what that means?

Does it mean no one sells or is allowed to sell, say Jazz Standard BIAB files that includes melody and lyrics? Is there not any method they can pay the royalties to sell such a product? If not, it seems a shame that in a format like BIAB, and as powerful as it is, that there is no way to legally sell copy-written material. Wouldn't this open up new revenue potential for the copyright owners?

I would like to purchase Jazz Standard or even Pop/Rock BIAB files legally and not have to bother with buying a second product like a book, that is not needed. These BIAB files would have to use top notch quality REAL tracks only for me to be really interested.

If there are people or companies out there legally selling BIAB files with melody and lyrics, (but expecially melody), a few links would be greatly appreciated.

Several posts mention Norton Music, but there are no melodies in their products.

I have followed this link, http://www.justchords.de/docs/biab/ , but don't believe these use REALTRACKS as the names are in 8.3 format; in other words, they are old and before the advent of REALTRACKS in BIAB. Just listening to a few of them, the quality leaves a lot to be desired. Sure, I could work on them and get them sounding better, but this is what I am trying to avoid.

Sorry for the long post,
Dan