{"id":2491488,"date":"2026-07-07T07:57:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T07:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2491488"},"modified":"2026-07-07T07:57:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T07:57:49","slug":"taylor-swift-defeats-plagiarism-lawsuit-filed-by-poet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swift-defeats-plagiarism-lawsuit-filed-by-poet\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift defeats plagiarism lawsuit filed by poet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Taylor Swift has prevailed in a copyright lawsuit filed by a poet.<br \/>In an amended complaint filed in February 2025, Kimberly Marasco sued the Opalite hitmaker, Republic Records, and Universal Music Group, among others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Florida-based writer accused Swift of copying content from two of her poetry books for multiple songs, including 2019 hit The Man and 2022 track The Great War.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But on Monday, Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that the case was &#8220;dismissed with prejudice&#8221;, meaning the plaintiff is barred from refiling the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the decision, Cannon asserted that Swift&#8217;s songs and Marasco&#8217;s poems shared &#8220;basic ideas&#8221; and &#8220;ubiquitous metaphors&#8221; &#8211; which are not subject to copyright protection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;These are quintessential themes, concepts, and isolated words &#8211; exactly the kind of material copyright law does not protect,&#8221; she declared, according to the filing obtained by Rolling Stone. &#8220;None of plaintiff&#8217;s twelve counts identifies any protected expression.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Representatives for Swift have not yet commented on the victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, Marasco indicated that she plans to take further action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I disagree with the decision and will be appealing it,&#8221; she told multiple outlets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed last December, Swift&#8217;s lawyer called the allegations &#8220;absurd and legally baseless&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The news comes shortly after the music superstar married NFL player Travis Kelce in a lavish ceremony at Madison Square Garden (MSG) in New York City on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swift and Kelce, both 36, began dating in summer 2023 and got engaged in August 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift has prevailed in a copyright lawsuit filed by a poet.In an amended complaint filed in February 2025, Kimberly Marasco sued the Opalite hitmaker, Republic Records, and Universal Music Group, among others. 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