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Court dismisses Genius lawsuit over lyrics-scraping by Google

Court dismisses Genius lawsuit over lyrics-scraping by Google

TechCrunch Industry News · TechCrunch

August 12, 20204m 39s

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A state court has dismissed a high-profile case showing unsportsmanlike conduct by Google, which was caught red-handed using lyrics obviously scraped from Genius. Unfortunately for the latter, the complaints amount to a copyright violation — which wasn’t what the plaintiffs alleged, sinking the case. The lawsuit, filed in December, accused Google of violating Genius’s terms […]

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