By Tim Stickings For Dailymail.com
Published: 10:33 BST, 18 June 2019 | Updated: 10:38 BST, 18 June 2019
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Google has been accused of lifting the work of song lyrics website Genius in an effort to stop web users clicking away from the search engine.
Genius provides a database of annotated song lyrics, but web users can often find the words displayed in a Google box without needing to click on a different site.
The lyrics website alleges that Google has been stealing its work - a claim the search giant denies - and says it has developed a secret watermark to prove it.
When they transcribe songs, Genius staff have varied their use of apostrophes - some of them slanted (‘) and others straight ('), they say. They have then noted down the particular sequence they used.
Now, Genius says it has found exactly the same sequences appearing in more than 100 Google search results, the Wall Street Journal reported. However, Google and its affiliates say that is a minuscule proportion of the total volume of songs, insisting that any copying is accidental.
Song lyrics website Genius (whose logo is pictured left) is feuding with Google (right) over claims that the search engine giant is lifting its work
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