[aorav]

It’s indeed a lot more likely that LyricFind, from whom Google buys the content, scrapes the lyrics.

Why risk showing stolen content when you are already paying for them?

I understand that Genius focuses on Google though. That makes the story a lot more interesting for publications like WSJ that have a bit of a anti-Google campaign going on.

[lowdose]

WSJ had a focus on Google and NYTimes has Facebook in the crosshair.