The Supreme Court has rejected a bid from Genius to revive the lyrics website’s lawsuit against Google, which had accused the search engine of lifting lyrics from Genius for millions of songs.
Genius’s claims were rocky, as the company didn’t have any ownership over the lyrics it shared on its site; those are owned solely by a song’s writers and publishers. The case was rejected by a lower court in 2020 before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed that decision in March 2022.
“We appreciate the Court’s decision, agreeing with the Solicitor General and multiple lower courts that Genius’ claims have no merit,” Google spokersperson José Castaneda said in a statement. “We licenseIn this article:
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