Music website Genius says it has proof Google is copying its lyrics, displaying them in search results, and driving down traffic to Genius.com. The evidence is all in the punctuation. Genius has been ...

Looking up those really, really incomprehensible but sexy D’Angelo lyrics is about to get one click easier. Google has added a feature that displays song lyrics at the top of its search results when ...

Genius first got suspicious Google was copying them with hit song "Panda" by Desiigner. The company says it found more than 100 instances since.

The new search trick puts the lyrics right on the search results page -- when it works. And oh, yeah, there's a link from there to Google Play. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and ...

Google has quietly added a special song lyrics box to its search results, for queries that are relevant. The company tells us this began last week, though it just started to be noticed today. For ...

Google has figured out a way to deliver more instant answers in search results and boost music sales on Google Play simultaneously: song lyrics. Following Bing’s lead from October, Google is now ...

This is what it sounds like / When Google tries [to help you find the lyrics of Prince's 1984 hit "When Doves Cry"] This is what it sounds like / When Google tries [to help you find the lyrics of ...

Music-annotation website Genius is accusing Google of stealing lyrics from its website and publishing them in search results. Genius is a Brooklyn-based company that transcribes and analyzes lyrics ...

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Update, June 18, 2019 (03:35 PM ET): After yesterday’s controversy surrounding Google allegedly scraping lyrics from Genius without authorization, Google has published a blog post in response.

Google isn't sitting idly by while Genius accuses it of copying lyrics. As part of a larger defense of its lyrics search practices, the company has mentioned that it will "soon" attribute the third ...

Lyrics website Genius is suing Google, saying the company continues to knowingly copy its song lyrics and use them in search results. Genius also alleges that Google’s practices are anticompetitive, ...