FILE PHOTO: Desiigner performs "Panda" at the 2016 BET Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 26, 2016. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by website Genius to revive its lawsuit accusing Alphabet's Google of misusing its transcripts of song lyrics in search engine results without a license.
The justices turned away an appeal by Genius of a lower court's decision blocking its breach-of-contract claims against Google. Genius had argued that a win for Google could allow big tech companies to steal content without repercussions from websites such as Reddit, eBay and Wikipedia that aggregate user-created information.
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