Taylor Swift is being sued by Teresa La Dart, a poet and author who claims Swift copied elements of La Dart’s book of the same name with her 2019 album “Lover.”
In a complaint filed in Tennessee federal court on August 23, La Dart claims that “many creative elements” from her book – a collection of “poems, anecdotes and photographs” self-published in 2010 – were copied into Swift’s book. A deluxe edition of the one that accompanies their ‘Lovers’ album.
In form of daily mail In the report, filing, La Dart alleged that Swift copied both the “vibe and design” of her book, as well as the “draft” of “memorable past years combining written and pictorial components”. .
In his allegation, La Dart specifically makes reference to the similarity of the two books sharing a title, with covers using “pastel pinks and blues”, images of their author “photographed in downward poses”. are” and “interdivided photographs and writings”. ,
La Dart is reportedly seeking “more than a million dollars” in damages.
NME Swift has reached out to representatives for comment. In a statement shared with hay-stalkerLa Dart’s lawyer said that his client “felt strongly that his entire work should be compared [Swift’s] before concluding here”.
They said the decision to file the complaint “was not considered nor taken lightly considering the other side being quite formidable”, and that they “hope that the public can understand these issues from their point of view”.
Earlier this month, responding to a separate copyright lawsuit, Swift denied that she copied songs from their 2014 hit ‘Shake It Off’ by American pop trio 3LW from ‘Playas Gon’ Play was. The lawsuit was filed by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler in 2017 and dropped the following year but was revived by an appeals panel in 2019. In 2021, a judge ruled that the case would be decided by a jury, but a trial date has yet to be set.
Responding to the lawsuit in a federal court document filed on August 8, Swift said, “The lyrics to ‘Shake It Off’ were written entirely by me”. She claimed that she had “never heard” the 2000 song ‘Plus Gone’ Play, or 3LW’s song, writing: “First time I heard the song since this claim.”
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