The judge responsible for the case states that the “common” ideas and phrases used by an independent poet are not protected by copyright law
The Pop music star Taylor Swift This week there was a great victory in the courts. Last Monday 29, a cause that accused the plagiarism singer, presented by the independent poet Kimberly Marasco Against Taylor Swift Productions, he was presented by a federal judge.
Second BillboardAn important American musical publication, Marasco said that Swift would use ideas and verses of his lyrics in various songs in the last 15 years, including the successes of the album Lover, Folklore, Submermore, Midnight AND The Department of Poets perceived. The judge Aileen cannonHowever, he rejected the accusations.
According to Cannon’s opinion, Swift’s texts do not resemble Mararasco’s verses and it is unlikely that the singer had access to the poems, which have been published independently. He also said that the words, metaphors and themes used by the poet would not have been protected by copyright law.
One of the examples provided by the process for the process is the alleged copy of Swift in My tears recochetwhich would be a plagiarism of poetry Rays of light. The texts of the singer say, in free translation, “and I still speak to you/when I scream with the skies”, while the verse of the poet says “the evil entity devoured in the fire/doves dances and sings out loud in the sky”. For Cannon, neither this nor of the other 12 comparisons made by the poet bring “a substantial similarity between the songs of the accused and the poems of the accuser”.
Although the case against Taylor Swift Productions is closed, Mararasco had already opened another similar process against Swift as an individual, accusing her to copy her work on tracks such as Man, Illegal affairs And others.
Source: Terra
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