shironet.mako.co.il, also known as Shironet ( he, שִירוֹנֶט), is an Israeli website that presents the

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songs. It is the largest of its kind. It also presents lyrics of non-Hebrew songs,

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s, general information about Israeli musicians,

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s of Israeli musicians, ads of concerts, and

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s. Shironnet complies with

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laws and pays ACUM (the association of Israeli song creators that represents poets, composers, and lyricists) for each entry to a lyrics webpage or a video clip webpage, in order to pass the payments to the artists.

History

Shironet was established in 2002 as a " pirate website" that presented lyrics without paying for them. However, since 2003 it works legally. In 2003, Israeli composer and lyricist

Naomi Shemer Naomi Shemer ( he, נעמי שמר; July 13, 1930 – June 26, 2004) was a leading Israeli musician and songwriter, hailed as the "first lady of Israeli song and poetry." Her song " Yerushalayim Shel Zahav" ("Jerusalem of Gold"), written in 1967 ...

had Shironet remove all her songs' lyrics. After many requests from the website, the lyrics were added again by her heirs in 2006. In 2006 Assaf Amdorski also had his lyrics removed from Shironet. In 2012 was purchased by

Keshet Broadcasting Keshet Media Group, also known as the Keshet company ( he, קשת lit. "Rainbow"), is a private Israeli mass media company, which is headquartered in Tel Aviv. Its media and online news outlet Mako is one of the major Israeli ones. The company ...

, the biggest Israeli media provider and became a part of the Keshet's website mako.

References

External links

* {{official, https://shironet.mako.co.il/ Israeli music websites