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So Google licenses lyrics that don't exist in text format. How does that work? Seems like Google has a license to listen to the audio, produce the text lyrics
by fierarul 7y ago
So Google licenses lyrics that don't exist in text format. How does that work?
Seems like Google has a license to listen to the audio, produce the text lyrics and then use these lyrics.
Since Google is indirectly stealing these lyrics, their license is not valid.
- cthalupa 7y agoDo you have a source for this interpretation of their license? It does not match the interpretation of anyone else out there that I am aware of - it is not even an argument that Genius is making in their lawsuit.
- fierarul 7y agoIf two parties get gold mining rights in a river can one party steal gold from the other since they both have rights to the gold in the same river? Certainly Genius is reading these threads and get new ideas.
- cthalupa 7y agoYou're trying to conflate physical items with intellectual property here - that isn't how the legal system works in the US or in any country that I am aware of. Genius has no ownership over the lyrics - they are not their intellectual property. When you get a license to mineral rights, whatever you extract is your property and you have ownership of it. That isn't the case here, and as such, it's a nonsensical analogy.
- fierarul 7y agoOK, maybe my gold example was not so good. But in what way is Google licensed? The lyrics in text format do not exist. So the 'rights owners' license something that provably does not exist and they do not have? That is valid how? Which means the license covers a process Google is allowed to apply to the recording. Since Google gets stolen lyrics I doubt their license covers that.