From the article, Genius lost this case because: > Genius isn’t the copyright holder for these lyrics, it just licenses them itself. Both Google and Genius ar

From the article, Genius lost this case because: > Genius isn’t the copyright holder for these lyrics, it just licenses them itself. Both Google and Genius are licensing the lyrics. Ironically, Genius ended up having to settle a case years ago because they were using lyrics without the appropriate licensing [1]. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/business/media/rap-genius-website-agrees-to-license-with-music-publishers.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/business/media/rap-genius...