US judge sides with Google in a lawsuit brought by Genius, which alleged that Google scraped lyrics in violation of copyright law
and even merited a mention during Congress' Big Tech hearing late last month. But Genius has just lost its lawsuit after judge concludes its legal claims are preempted... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... @thr : Was Google's misuse of Genius lyric transcriptions illegal? https://thr.cm/TZunWno
Note to all: if you file a lawsuit against Google alleging violation of your terms of use for scraping your content, make sure that you actually fully own the copyrighted content being scraped. Don't be a Genius! #IANAL https://techcrunch.com/...
So...Google denies it scrapes Genius (nee Rap Genius) for lyrics. Genius inserts “red handed” code, catches Google doing exactly that, sues. Lawsuit gets tossed out bc Genius doesn't own the underlying copyright to those lyrics to begin with 🙃🙃🙃 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/…
That Google was caught lifting another site's song lyrics made international news — and even merited a mention during Congress' Big Tech hearing late last month. But Genius has just lost its lawsuit after judge concludes its legal claims are preempted... https://www.hollywoodrepo…