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Genius Media Loses Lawsuit That Accused Google of Stealing Song Lyrics

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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorA federal judge dismissed Genius Media Group’s lawsuit against Google and LyricFind alleging the companies ripped off song lyrics from Genius — ruling that Genius doesn’t have standing to sue them, since it doesn’t own the rights to the original lyrics.The Genius lawsuit, filed last December, had sought at least $50 million in damages from Google and LyricFind.

In a ruling Monday, Judge Margo K. Brodie of the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of New York sided with the plaintiffs.Brodie found that Genius’ lyric transcriptions are derivative works of the original lyrics, which are protected under Copyright Law.

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