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  Google never agreed it wouldn’t copy Genius’ song lyrics, US official says

  Posted by Gatherer  on May 24, 2023 at 6:13 PM

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  After song lyrics website Genius sued Google in 2019 for allegedly breaching its terms of service by copying its lyrics transcriptions in search results, the United States Supreme Court invited the US solicitor general, Elizabeth Prelogar, to weigh in on how the US viewed the case. The question before Prelogar was whether federal copyright law preempted Genius’ terms of service, which prohibits any of its website visitors from copying lyrics for commercial uses.

  Yesterday, Prelogar responded, filing a brief that sided with Google. She denied that Genius’

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