Genius hid a Morse code message in song lyrics to prove Google was copying them

99 Percent Invisible did a mini story on this[1], and touched on what happened when people took that fake street (or in this case, town), and then actually made something there and used that name.

1: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/mini-stories-volume-2...

Yes. The music industry went after them in 2014 and they've been paying royalties since.