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Let's not feel sorry for these guys just because they were part of YC. They were taking part in black-hat practices, which were clearly in breach of Google's ToS. I expect this penalty to expire eventually, but let this be a lesson to anyone else thinking about doing the same.

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My bigger issue is with the fact that they're able to "negotiate" with Matt Cutts and team while thousands of other sites don't have that bargaining power. Started a discussion on this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6964169

Why do you think they negotiated at all?

Agree, Is there any evidence this happened?

I'd like to see if they penalize other lyrics companies similarly and commensurately though...

Report those other companies to Google's anti spam team.

Better yet, post an exposé on HN (that seems to be pretty powerful these days).

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