The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the Biden administration to weigh in on song-lyric website Genius' attempt to revive a lawsuit over Google's alleged theft of its work.
The justices are considering whether to hear ML Genius Holdings LLC's bid to overturn a U.S. appeals court'sThe Supreme Court often asks for the solicitor general's input on cases in which the U.S. government may have an interest.Genius, formerly known as Rap Genius, keeps a database of song lyrics and annotations maintained by volunteers.
Genius argued Google violated its terms of service by stealing its work and reposting it on Google webpages, decreasing traffic to Genius' site. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Marcha decision to dismiss the case, finding Genius' breach-of-contract claims were based on copyright concerns and should have been brought under copyright law.
Genius does not own the copyrights to the lyrics themselves, which are usually held by the artists or publishers.the high court in August to review the decision. It said the 2nd Circuit went against the majority of other circuits and could allow big tech companies to steal content from sites that aggregate user-created information including Reddit, eBay, Wikipedia and others with no repercussions.
"It serves no public purpose — and certainly no purpose that furthers the Copyright Act's aims — to bar these companies from enforcing their contracts so that behemoths like Google can vacuum up content and increase their internet dominance," Genius said.in November that it holds licenses to the lyrics from the copyright holders, and that Genius wants to "ignore the true copyright owners and invent new rights through a purported contract.
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