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FireBeyond
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Genius sues Google and LyricFind over allegedly st...
You licensed the lyrics, which the rights holder didn’t supply. You didn’t license a third party’s (often subjective) interpretation of them.
criddell
on Dec 13, 2019
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The third party's interpretation isn't protected, AFAIK.
true_religion
on Dec 14, 2019
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It can be. Without a license from the original artist, Genius’ derivative work would be unusable by them, but the derivative work still receives its own copyright.
criddell
on Dec 15, 2019
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What Genius did (tweaked punctuation) isn't covered by copyright. This case is about the scrapers violating Genius' website terms of service.
FireBeyond
on Dec 13, 2019
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Read my sister comments- transcription, if by a creative process and not automated absolutely -can- (but not always) be protected.
criddell
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Do you think it is in this case?
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