> Besides if anyone has a case here it’s the authors of the lyrics, not Genius. But wouldn't this be like shoplifting from Blockbuster (back in the day)? Block

> Besides if anyone has a case here it’s the authors of the lyrics, not Genius. But wouldn't this be like shoplifting from Blockbuster (back in the day)? Blockbuster doesn't "own" any of their movies, but they own their copy of the movie, so if you steal it they can still sue you. Genius licenses their content (lyrics) from the authors of the lyrics, and makes it easy for people to find. Google took the content from Genius directly, without compensation and without changing the content (it's not a derivative). So Google "stole" content from Genius, even if they aren't the owners of the content. Whether this has any legal standing or not, I have no clue.