Genius sues Google and LyricFind over allegedly stolen song lyrics - Hackdot

Re:Genius sues Google and LyricFind over allegedly stolen so... by unreal37 on Friday December 13, 2019 @03:33PM (#21785164)

Genius actually licenses the lyrics from the music publishers.

The first line of your comment is accusing them of something that they don't do.

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Re:Genius sues Google and LyricFind over allegedly stolen so... by crazypyro on Friday December 13, 2019 @04:32PM (#21785725)

I didn't accuse them of anything. I was re-stating what they themselves wrote in their complaint.

Yes, Genius licenses the lyrics, but they often aren't provided the lyrics when they purchase a license. This is where the community comes in... FWIW, Google and the other target of the complaint have the same license from these music publishers.

This is all spelled out clearly in Genius' complaint.

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Re:Genius sues Google and LyricFind over allegedly stolen so... by criddell on Friday December 13, 2019 @03:42PM (#21785254)

And didn't LyricFind claim that the lyrics they licensed were scraped from Genius by the publisher?

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