US Supreme Court lets Google win stand against Genius suit over song lyrics
It accused Google of violating its terms of service by stealing and reposting its work.
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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 Alphabet's 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 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 as Reddit, eBay and Wikipedia that aggregate user-created information.
The decision could have far-reaching implications for copyright laws, online speech and aggregation.