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It accused Google of violating its terms of service by stealing and reposting its work.

WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by website Genius to revive its lawsuit accusing Alphabets Google of misusing its transcripts of song lyrics in search engine results wi...

Genius, formerly known as Rap Genius, maintains a vast database of song lyrics.

The justices turned away an appeal by Genius of a lower courts decision blocking its breach-of-contract claims against Google. Genius had argued that a win for Google could allow big tech companies to steal content without repercussions from websites such as Reddit, eBay and Wikipedia that aggregate user-created information.

The decision could have far-reaching implications for copyright laws, online speech and aggregation.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by website Genius to revive its lawsuit accusing Alphabet's Google of misusing its transcripts of song lyrics in search engine results without a license. The justices turned away an appeal by Genius of a lower court's decision blocking its breach-of-contract claims against Google. Genius had argued that a win for Google could allow big tech companies to steal content without repercussions from websites such a...

Some consider Black colloquial phrases “internet language” or “Gen Z speak.” It’s time to set the record straight.

By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - The Biden administration's U.S. solicitor general said Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court should not review a ruling wo...

(Reuters) -The Biden administration's U.S. solicitor general said Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court should not review a ruling won by Alphabet's Google LLC against song-lyric website Genius over Google's alleged copying of Genius' lyric transcriptions. | May. 24

Biden administration backs Google in song lyrics case at Supreme Court