Taylor Swift Beats Poetry-Focused Copyright Suit — Federal Judge Says the ‘Original Elements’ in Question Are ‘Not Protected Expression and Cannot Be Infringed’

A federal judge has dismissed with prejudice a copyright infringement lawsuit that accused Taylor Swift of lifting creative elements from multiple poems across several albums. Judge Aileen M. Cannon made that dismissal official today, after the plaintiff, a Florida-based writer named Kimberly Marasco, submitted a second amended complaint (a prior iteration, meaning a distinct 2024 […]