A lawsuit launched in April 2024 claims that Florida artist Kimberly Marasco is legal action against Taylor Swift and her production company for copyright infringement. Reports from Newsweek say that the woman who sued the mega pop star for more than $7 million said that “creative elements” in her songs and music videos copied her work without permission or credit.
Artist Kimberly Marasco from Florida has sued Taylor Swift and her production company for stealing her work. the singer of “Anti-Hero” was taken out of the lawsuit without prejudice. This happened after the Florida woman wasn’t able to serve the suit on time last month. Now, this doesn’t mean Taylor is safe, though. Taylor Swift Swift Productions is still being sued for the things that were said about them, and Marasco can file the case again in the future.
The lawyers for Taylor Swift asked the court to throw out the copyright infringement case.
On January 21, lawyers for Swift filed a motion to drop the suit as a respondent. Most of the claims Marasco makes in his legal filing are not valid anymore, according to them. She is not going to let it go, even if the case is thrown out and Taylor Swift Production is not held responsible. She will appeal or file the case again. She has also said that everyone involved should get together to work out a solution.
The motion to dismiss from attorneys Aaron S. Blynn and Katherine Wright Morrone said that Kimberly Marasco’s claims “remain completely unfounded, and her ‘final opportunity’ to state a claim fails.”
The plaintiff then responded, saying that she may not be a famous author in her own country, but she had made works that were original and not copied from anywhere else. She also went to great lengths to make sure these works would be protected so she could get the same protection as everyone else, whether they are famous or not.
How to handle copyright infringement
The claims Kimberly is making “must be filed within three years of the plaintiff learning of the alleged infringement,” according to Newsweek. In April 2024, Marasco sent in his report. Lawmakers for Swift’s production business said that according to the official schedule, Kimberly could only legally go after the claims she learned about after April 2021. She does, however, mention songs like “Lover,” “Folklore,” and “Evermore,” which were all released before 2021.
The plaintiff doesn’t give up
On Friday, Marasco responded again to back up what she said, saying that she didn’t have any Taylor Swift records because she “only listened to alternative rock.”
Although Taylor Swift is a famous singer, she wrote, “Just because the Plaintiff produced her albums doesn’t mean that she knew the exact lyrics she sang.”
An artist from Florida made her complaint after seeing Eras Tour
Also, Marasco said that she didn’t start looking into the supposed connections between her work and that of the global pop star until she saw Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour in 2024. Once the plaintiff knew about the “infringement,” they went to the famous singer’s records “to check other songs since so many were found.”
Wright Morrone and Blynn said that she should have known about the claims because Taylor’s records were “covered by news and media outlets.” Additionally, they said that these songs “are easily accessible on streaming services and have been hugely popular both in the United States and other countries.”
