> A few years ago, Google began supplementing search results with ‘information panels, as Google calls them, and these panels have been using lyrics from Genius

> A few years ago, Google began supplementing search results with ‘information panels, as Google calls them, and these panels have been using lyrics from Genius.com without compensation. > Of course, there is a bit of irony in the complaint by Genius too. The company got its start by stealing lyrics from other sites and only started licensing the lyrics after it faced legal pressure. Is Genius even entitled to compensation here? Maybe they can get some concession from Google for breaking their terms of service. But it seems like if anyone is going to get paid, it should be the songwriters from whom Genius is licensing the lyrics, not Genius themselves.