Genius files a $50 million lawsuit against Google for stealing lyrics

A few months back, Genius accused Google of stealing lyrics from their platform to display as their own. Now, the company has filed a lawsuit against Google for the same matter.

In the lawsuit, Genius explained that Google and LyricFind have been stealing its content by creating a unique watermark with various types of apostrophes that spells out “red-handed” in Morse code. Back in June, Genius’s chief strategy officer, Ben Gross, told Gizmodo that “Google knowingly displays lyrics that are copied from Genius in search results in order to keep users from leaving Google to go other sites.”

Google’s response then was to include attribution to third parties who provide the digital lyrics text to ensure that they are abiding the standards of conduct. LyricFind also decided to remove lyrics that Genius accused them of copying while insisting that the lyrics weren’t sourced from Genius’ site.

The Verge also reported that Genius’ case might not be strong, but Google still can’t let their guards down. Genius is asking for $50 million in its lawsuit.