{"id":2031089,"date":"2026-07-07T09:18:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T06:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2031089"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:18:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T06:18:03","slug":"taylor-swift-wins-absurd-copyright-lawsuit-over-her-song-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2031089","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift wins \u201cabsurd\u201d copyright lawsuit over her song lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/taylor-swift@2000&#215;1270.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Taylor Swift wins \u201cabsurd\u201d copyright lawsuit over her song lyrics<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The case has been ongoing since 2024, and claimed the pop star stole lines from poems to write lyrics to songs on \u2018Midnights\u2019, \u2018Lover\u2019 and \u2018The Tortured Poets Department\u2019 and more<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Liberty Dunworth<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-07T10:18:03+01:00\">7th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/taylor-swift@2000x1270-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift in June 2026\" title=\"taylor-swift@2000x1270\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Taylor Swift in June 2026. CREDIT: Taylor Hill\/FilmMagic\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Taylor Swift has finally won a copyright lawsuit over song lyrics, which her legal team described as \u201cabsurd\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: <b>Taylor Swift \u2013 \u2018The Life Of A Showgirl\u2019 review: magical when the songwriter just lets herself be<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The infringement case was brought forward by Kimberly Marasco, a self-published poet from Florida. She alleged that the pop star stole lines and inspiration from her poems to help form the lyrics to over a dozen songs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Songs she claims her lyrics were used for include cuts from albums including \u2018Evermore\u2019, \u2018Folklore\u2019, \u2018Midnights\u2019, \u2018Lover\u2019 and \u2018The Tortured Poets Department\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In court yesterday (Monday July 6), federal judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case, saying that the only common ground between the poems and the lyrics were vague references to \u201cgaslighting\u201d as well as \u201cubiquitous metaphors\u201d and \u201ccommon observations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In her decision, the Judge said (via <em>Billboard<\/em>): \u201cThese are quintessential themes, concepts, and isolated words \u2013 exactly the kind of material copyright law does not protect. The allegedly infringed material \u2013 basic ideas, themes, metaphors, isolated words, and short phrases \u2013 is not protected expression and cannot be infringed.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart (Official Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sl6en1NPTYM?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Marasco first filed a lawsuit against Taylor Swift Productions in 2024, claiming at the time that lines from her poems had been stolen by the pop star and used in songs including \u2018The Man\u2019, \u2018My Tears Ricochet\u2019 and \u2018Illicit Affairs\u2019. She then raised another case against the singer herself over mostly the same accusations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Swift\u2019s legal team have repeatedly denied any allegations of wrongdoing, and the first lawsuit was thrown out in September, with the Judge ruling that the phrases were too \u201ccommon\u201d to be owned or stolen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is plaintiff\u2019s second frivolous and harassing lawsuit against artist,\u201d Swift\u2019s attorney, Douglas Baldridge said at the time, adding that the lawsuit and claims were \u201cabsurd and legally baseless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Monday\u2019s ruling, the judge refused to allow Marasco the chance to adjust and refile her case \u2013 highlighting how previous, similar lawsuits had been thrown out already.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaintiff has had ample opportunity to plead her claims,\u201d the filing read, according to <em>Billboard<\/em>. \u201cThe defects identified are not pleading defects curable by more careful drafting \u2013 they are defects in the underlying works themselves, which consist of ideas, themes, metaphors, and isolated words that no amendment can transform into protectable expression.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>The latest case alleged that Swift had stolen lines from her poems to write songs including \u2018The Manuscript\u2019 and \u2018I Can Do It With A Broken Heart\u2019.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taylor Swift - The Manuscript (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iY6Qhlua8Zw?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>The Judge ruled on Monday that the phrases alleged to have been stolen, including \u201cit\u2019s time to go\u201d, \u201cfire\u201d, \u201crain\u201d, \u201csky\u201d, \u201ctears\u201d, \u201crunning\u201d and \u201clove\u201d, were too common to be copyrighted, and had \u201cideas metaphors, contexts, and themes\u201d that were too general to be infringed upon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach addition rests entirely on unprotectable content [\u2026] In sum, none of plaintiff\u2019s 12 counts identifies any protected expression,\u201d the judge wrote, adding that Marasco was claiming infringement on things that are \u201ccommon observation\u201d and include \u201cthe theme of \u2018creative resilience\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s reps have not publicly commented on the ruling. Marasco has said that she \u201cdisagrees with the decision and will be appealing it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere Swift married Travis Kelce at New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden on Friday night (July 3). Guests included Ed Sheeran, Selena Gomez, Jack Antonoff, the Haim sisters, Sombr, Ellie Goulding, Camila Cabello, Machine Gun Kelly, the Chainsmokers, Lucy Dacus, Benson Boone and more, and performances came from Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Pop<\/li>\n<li>Taylor Swift<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span4 td-is-sticky\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-sidebar  tdi_92 td_block_template_2\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap td_flex_block_1 tdi_93 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdc-no-posts td_flex_block\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_93\">\n<div class=\"td-block-title-wrap\">\n<h4 class=\"td-block-title\"><span class=\"td-pulldown-size\">TRENDING<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_93\" class=\"td_block_inner td-mc1-wrap\">\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Step right up! 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class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Taylor Swift has finally won a copyright lawsuit over song lyrics, which her legal team described as \u201cabsurd\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: <b>Taylor Swift \u2013 \u2018The Life Of A Showgirl\u2019 review: magical when the songwriter just lets herself be<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The infringement case was brought forward by Kimberly Marasco, a self-published poet from Florida. She alleged that the pop star stole lines and inspiration from her poems to help form the lyrics to over a dozen songs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Songs she claims her lyrics were used for include cuts from albums including \u2018Evermore\u2019, \u2018Folklore\u2019, \u2018Midnights\u2019, \u2018Lover\u2019 and \u2018The Tortured Poets Department\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In court yesterday (Monday July 6), federal judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case, saying that the only common ground between the poems and the lyrics were vague references to \u201cgaslighting\u201d as well as \u201cubiquitous metaphors\u201d and \u201ccommon observations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In her decision, the Judge said (via <em>Billboard<\/em>): \u201cThese are quintessential themes, concepts, and isolated words \u2013 exactly the kind of material copyright law does not protect. The allegedly infringed material \u2013 basic ideas, themes, metaphors, isolated words, and short phrases \u2013 is not protected expression and cannot be infringed.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart (Official Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sl6en1NPTYM?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Marasco first filed a lawsuit against Taylor Swift Productions in 2024, claiming at the time that lines from her poems had been stolen by the pop star and used in songs including \u2018The Man\u2019, \u2018My Tears Ricochet\u2019 and \u2018Illicit Affairs\u2019. She then raised another case against the singer herself over mostly the same accusations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Swift\u2019s legal team have repeatedly denied any allegations of wrongdoing, and the first lawsuit was thrown out in September, with the Judge ruling that the phrases were too \u201ccommon\u201d to be owned or stolen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is plaintiff\u2019s second frivolous and harassing lawsuit against artist,\u201d Swift\u2019s attorney, Douglas Baldridge said at the time, adding that the lawsuit and claims were \u201cabsurd and legally baseless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Monday\u2019s ruling, the judge refused to allow Marasco the chance to adjust and refile her case \u2013 highlighting how previous, similar lawsuits had been thrown out already.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaintiff has had ample opportunity to plead her claims,\u201d the filing read, according to <em>Billboard<\/em>. \u201cThe defects identified are not pleading defects curable by more careful drafting \u2013 they are defects in the underlying works themselves, which consist of ideas, themes, metaphors, and isolated words that no amendment can transform into protectable expression.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>The latest case alleged that Swift had stolen lines from her poems to write songs including \u2018The Manuscript\u2019 and \u2018I Can Do It With A Broken Heart\u2019.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taylor Swift - The Manuscript (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iY6Qhlua8Zw?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>The Judge ruled on Monday that the phrases alleged to have been stolen, including \u201cit\u2019s time to go\u201d, \u201cfire\u201d, \u201crain\u201d, \u201csky\u201d, \u201ctears\u201d, \u201crunning\u201d and \u201clove\u201d, were too common to be copyrighted, and had \u201cideas metaphors, contexts, and themes\u201d that were too general to be infringed upon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach addition rests entirely on unprotectable content [\u2026] In sum, none of plaintiff\u2019s 12 counts identifies any protected expression,\u201d the judge wrote, adding that Marasco was claiming infringement on things that are \u201ccommon observation\u201d and include \u201cthe theme of \u2018creative resilience\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s reps have not publicly commented on the ruling. Marasco has said that she \u201cdisagrees with the decision and will be appealing it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere Swift married Travis Kelce at New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden on Friday night (July 3). Guests included Ed Sheeran, Selena Gomez, Jack Antonoff, the Haim sisters, Sombr, Ellie Goulding, Camila Cabello, Machine Gun Kelly, the Chainsmokers, Lucy Dacus, Benson Boone and more, and performances came from Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/taylor-swift-wins-absurd-copyright-lawsuit-over-her-song-lyrics-3955414&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/taylor-swift@2000&#215;1270.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Taylor Swift wins \u201cabsurd\u201d copyright lawsuit over her song lyrics The case has been ongoing since 2024, and claimed the pop star stole lines from poems to write lyrics to songs on \u2018Midnights\u2019, \u2018Lover\u2019 and \u2018The Tortured Poets Department\u2019 and more By Liberty Dunworth 7th July 2026 Taylor Swift in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2031089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2031089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2031089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2031089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2031089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}