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Genius hid a Morse code message in song lyrics to prove Google was copying them
- jandrese 7y agoWas Genius compensating the songwriters for the lyrics?
- csixty4 7y agoYes. The music industry went after them in 2014 and they've been paying royalties since.
- dpflan 7y agoRelated HN post from yesterday: > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20194952 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20194952 In particular this comment about "trap streets." > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20195865 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20195865
- kbenson 7y ago99 Percent Invisible did a mini story on this[1], and touched on what happened when people took that fake street (or in this case, town), and then actually made something there and used that name. 1: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/mini-stories-volume-2/2/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/mini-stories-volume-2...
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- iamnotacrook 7y agoI haven't seen this much blatant copyright infringement since I Googled for "book title pdf" or "album title torrent", or did similar on YouTube.