Taylor Swift’s international Eras Tour finally came to an end. It began in March of 2023 in Glendale, Arizona and ended last December in Vancouver, Canada, marking the greatest-selling tour of all time by reaching $2 billion in sales. However, she was dragged to court immediately after a performance in Florida after a singer asserted that several Swift songs were written by her, thus taken from her work, and sought damages totaling $7 million.
Florida artist Kimberly Marasco has taken legal action against Taylor Swift and her production company
A Florida artist named, Kimberly Marasco, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Taylor Swift and her production company, claiming that Swift’s songs and music videos were copied without her permission or credit, resulting in a demand for over $7 million in damages. Marasco has accused them of copyright infringement. The lawsuit, filed in April 2024, originally sought just US$100 in compensation.
The case was transferred in May 2024 from the small claims court to the Southern District of Florida, where a Judge Aileen Cannon, a Donald Trump appointee, serves. In October 2024, Marasco amended her complaint to seek damages exceeding $7 million for what she claimed is the unauthorized use of creative elements used in Taylor Swift songs and music videos.
She identified more than a dozen tracks from Swift’s albums Lover, Folklore, Midnights and The Tortured Poets Department-which incorporate themes and text from her poems Fallen from Grace and Dealing with Chronic Illness: Vestibular Neuritis,” Thompson notes.
However, according to the latest reports, Taylor Swift has been temporarily dropped from the legal filing by the concerned Judge Aileen Cannon after the Florida woman was unable to serve the case on time last month. However, she still faces her claims against her production company, Taylor Swift Productions, and her ruling allows Marasco to refile the lawsuit in the future.
Swift’s lawyers have filed a motion to dismiss the case against Marasco, stating that over 50% of her claims are “time-barred.” Marasco plans to appeal or refile the suit and has called for all parties involved to meet and seek a resolution. Lawyers Aaron S. Blynn and Katherine Wright Morrone argued that Kimberly Marasco’s claims are unfounded and her last chance to present a valid claim has failed.
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Marasco, though not a celebrated nation author, stood up for her original works, saying that she wants to preserve her creations and hopes to be accorded the same protections as any individual, regardless of fame or status.
