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“Genius started creating unique patterns in its lyrics by alternating the font of apostrophes between curly and straight. When you converted the sequence of apostrophes to Morse code, it spelled out "red handed," according to the Journal.” https://t.co/lLPPZRnVbq
— INSIDER (@thisisinsider) June 16, 2019
Genius Claims Google Stole Lyrics Embedded With Secret Morse Code https://t.co/e7ssF203N5 pic.twitter.com/8SSdl5xcQE
— Vinyl Opus (@VinylOpus) June 16, 2019
HEY @GOOGLE: see you in court you shady monopolistshttps://t.co/PeTy2LjyLB
— Mahbod Moghadam (@mahbodmoghadam) June 16, 2019
The music site Genius says it can prove Google is scraping its content— by examining the apostrophes https://t.co/Vp1tgJ4T9j pic.twitter.com/P1HJNdgVvJ
— Mat Yurow (@myurow) June 16, 2019
Tweet thread: Ugh, I need to let out a rant about Google Lyrics and Genius because there is so much bad faith and hypocrisy to go around. Let's start with this article that is doing the rounds: https://t.co/iWdrNTheZ1
— Colm MacCárthaigh (@colmmacc) June 16, 2019
Interesting competition/vertical integration issues here (@HalSinger), but no © issues. If the reproduced lyrics are licensed, the actual source doesn’t matter. What am I missing? https://t.co/kGhQX37HIz
— Annemarie Bridy (@AnnemarieBridy) June 16, 2019
As @noz notes, this is pretty rich, given that Rap Genius' original model 1) gamed Google SEO by turning each rap lyric into its own "page" and making link-pacts w/rap bloggers and 2) boosted most of its original content from https://t.co/f46D9Mw4us. https://t.co/LQX0CgB0fK
— Eric Harvey (@ericdharvey) June 16, 2019
Genius is a rare music tech “good citizen” licensing lyrics from songwriters and publishers. Songwriters should stand with @Genius in their fight against anticompetitive practices from @google. Google’s practices undermine markets and stifle innovation. https://t.co/ohUcA06h8Y
— David C Lowery (@davidclowery) June 16, 2019
What a brilliant way to fingerprint raw text. (Lyric site Genius wanted to prove Google was stealing their content.)https://t.co/iJczDNGcGh pic.twitter.com/8LCPBAKN4I
— Johnnie Manzari (@johnnie) June 16, 2019
Map companies used to strategically place fake towns so they could prove competitors were copying them. https://t.co/jW24EHYSyD
— Jeremy Bowers (@jeremybowers) June 16, 2019
1: Google scrapes & republishes https://t.co/B8eAvFMYUv's lyrics in full in the SERPs
— Rand Fishkin (@randfish) June 16, 2019
2: Genius tells Google to quit it
3: Google denies & ignores
4: Genius puts "red handed" in Morse code of their apostrophes
5: Proof is in the SERPs. And now in the WSJhttps://t.co/D2Hptz4jCT pic.twitter.com/29PEe5ud52
Do musicians get royalty checks from Genius or Google who post their lyrics? This is a nice stunt from Genius (use Morse code to spell out “red handed”) but hard to feel bad for companies who make money off other people’s works. https://t.co/3OqL9gNEYF
— Josh "No Cannes do" Sternberg (@joshsternberg) June 16, 2019
when you convert the apostrophe pattern to Morse code it spells “RED HANDED” im screaming https://t.co/BICsloxINj
— fiona ? (@neonfiona) June 16, 2019
For those who remember, this is the same trick that Google used to prove Bing was scraping its search results 8 years ago https://t.co/fcyD76oiVa https://t.co/UOaQnYcWch
— Mustapha Hamoui (@Beirutspring) June 16, 2019
.@Genius, where music lovers go to check hip-hop and other pop music lyrics, says Google is lifting and republishing lyrics from its site—and says the proof is in the apostrophes https://t.co/w3nVoeMGQy
— Luther Lowe (@lutherlowe) June 16, 2019
tip @Techmeme
Remember when Google made a big stinky about Bing using its search spell correction data? If you recall the technical details, Bing was just observing browser traffic which in my book was a lot less shady than what Google is pulling it off here. https://t.co/dWvxb7gy9R
— Marcelo Calbucci (@calbucci) June 16, 2019
I love this. Like “trap streets” for lyrics. (“trap streets” = fake streets to catch maps copyright violators. https://t.co/KGCQCPZLDv ) https://t.co/Yb8vwbaTDw
— Dennis Crowley (@dens) June 16, 2019
The same @genius that lifted all of its original content from OHHLA? That @genius? https://t.co/Fmk6PhOdSk
— Bored Man Gets Paid (@frazierapproves) June 16, 2019
Ha! They spelled out "Red Handed" in Morse code using straight & curly apostrophes. That is genius. https://t.co/fSsNtOiE2b
— Pat Race (@alaskarobotics) June 16, 2019
“When the two types of apostrophes were converted to the dots and dashes used in Morse code, they spelled out the words “Red Handed.” https://t.co/60wu9fW79E
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) June 16, 2019
“Genius made a subtle change[...], alternating the lyrics’ apostrophes between straight and curly single-quote marks in exactly the same sequence for every song.
— TJ Connelly (@senatorjohn) June 16, 2019
When the two types of apostrophes were converted to [...] Morse code, they spelled out the words “Red Handed.” https://t.co/XqU7O7nDn8
What’s brilliant about @genius embedding Morse code to irrefutably bust Google scraping its lyrics, is that it’s highly reminiscent of Google’s approach to catching Bing ripping off its SERPs https://t.co/clUsIUgUBR
— Luther Lowe (@lutherlowe) June 16, 2019
Lyrics are sadly is not within the literal scope of the narrow FTC voluntary commitments around scraping (established in 2012 & extended indefinitely after Google violated by scraping Yelp in 2017), but it certainly violates the spirit.
— Luther Lowe (@lutherlowe) June 16, 2019
DoJ needs to bring US v Google yesterday.
the straight and curved apostrophes, when converted to the dots and dashes of morse code, read REDHANDED https://t.co/jYIeOwvuC9
— Tracy Chou ??? (@triketora) June 16, 2019
This is hilarious given that Genius stole lyrics from other sites for years and only licensed them under legal pressure https://t.co/V5kwjkbYmR https://t.co/bvsrW9IToP
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) June 16, 2019
This is interesting. Not sure how big of a deal this is legally, since publishing companies actually own the rights to the lyrics - but clearly ethically questionable behavior by Google to scrape genius and not cite them. https://t.co/q1BbSKzqe0
— Ryan Bednar (@ryanbed) June 16, 2019
From reading the actual article, it sounds like Google is partnering with a third party to provide them lyrics and the third party is paying contractors to generate lyrics and those contractors are lifting them from Genius https://t.co/NB1RNQxd4g
— River_Tam (@RiverTamYDN) June 16, 2019
Genius accuses Google of lifting licensed lyrics from their site. They used a fingerprinting technique that spelled out “redhanded” ?
— John Doherty ? (@dohertyjf) June 16, 2019
Nice quote from @randfish too.https://t.co/fYZu2RwsR0
Google just steals others’ work. https://t.co/osHuPP2CyT
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) June 16, 2019
Genius said it used morse code to catch Google stealing lyrics@Kwagstaff via @mashable#hamradio #hamr #morsecodehttps://t.co/4PTF53ynOU
— AmateurRadio.com (@amatradio) June 16, 2019
Genius said it used morse code to catch Google stealing lyrics https://t.co/Fb7NbZoqM0 pic.twitter.com/0O914YEYj4
— John Rampton (@johnrampton) June 16, 2019
Morse Code Helps Prove Google is Stealing Content from https://t.co/pPTnFWbhsC - https://t.co/2rE7Z0fQc8 pic.twitter.com/Bdo3KbF5xD
— Paul Thurrott (@thurrott) June 16, 2019
An interesting copyright fight might be brewing between Google and Genius. Google is gearing up to throw its lyrics middlemen partners under the bus. https://t.co/gK6PjmpG9D
— Dan Berger (@danberger) June 17, 2019
Genius used two types of apostrophes that, when converted to dots and dashes, spelled out “Red Handed” https://t.co/iwTnQiTIM1
— Gisele Navarro (@ichbinGisele) June 17, 2019
Lyrics site Genius Media accuses Google of lifting its contents.Genius used a typographical watermarking system bases on the mix of curved & straight apostrophes. https://t.co/2vQZJvNN9C pic.twitter.com/ZEOkWGj1Gu
— Jürgen Siebert (@jr_siebert) June 17, 2019
Genius has a really clever basis for accusing Google of stealing their song lyrics.https://t.co/Vu7gLO6eLX pic.twitter.com/M7ngTrmAMp
— Jacob Shamsian (@JayShams) June 17, 2019
Amazing: Genius set a trap through the way it set its apostrophes and now can show that Google is scraping its content. https://t.co/0q1Tb75Gir
— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) June 17, 2019
This is SO SMART.
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) June 16, 2019
"Starting around 2016, Genius made a subtle change to some of the songs on its website, alternating the lyrics’ apostrophes between straight and curly single-quote marks in exactly the same sequence for every song." https://t.co/X53FH7caWS
Sweep the leg! https://t.co/La2kpkpKIz
— Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) June 17, 2019
Tisk, tisk, Google. Sloppy, too. @Genius (initialized 2012) coming for ya https://t.co/1WeLyYolZD
— Alexis Ohanian Sr. ? (@alexisohanian) June 16, 2019
HOLY CRAP https://t.co/2R7D87NiZI pic.twitter.com/oP7DPkpqlb
— Musicology Duck (@MusicologyDuck) June 17, 2019
Genius .com Catches Google Red Handed Lifting Its Content - WSJ https://t.co/qYnz6pMwtU
— Mike Volpe (@mvolpe) June 17, 2019
Google is exposed stealing lyrics with a simple Morse code hack. https://t.co/sjjWhYp3aV
— Ted Gioia (@tedgioia) June 17, 2019
Cunning. https://t.co/6wk0xMVQPt
— Mark Savage (@mrdiscopop) June 16, 2019
Genius said it used morse code to catch Google stealing lyrics #clever https://t.co/rLAjTfxHaU
— barrysmyth (@barrysmyth) June 16, 2019