[sls]

>Copyright holder could give someone else authorisation to sue on their behalf, e.g., through a license.

They can't assign the bare right to sue. To have standing the plaintiff will need to hold at least one of the exclusive rights in 17 U.S. Code § 106 aiui. Cf Righthaven cases, Silvers v Sony Pictures

[1vuio0pswjnm7]

Not a "bare right to sue", but an exclusive license, or an assignment, could grant some of those rights that give rise to standing.

[nappy]

This is clearly not an exclusive license though, right?

[dwheeler]

I am almost certain you are correct, I would be shocked if genius was granted an exclusive right to lyrics. If nothing else, how could you sell the songs without rights to the lyrics?

So I don't think genius ever had standing to pursue this case.

Again, not a lawyer. But you'd think the actual lawyers would have checked this more carefully.