A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit accusing the newly married pop megastar Taylor Swift of plagiarizing phrases from a Florida woman's poems for more than a dozen songs.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said the plaintiff Kimberly Marasco failed to show that her poems constituted protectable expression, or that Swift had seen the poems and an average person would deem her songs substantially similar.
Marasco represented herself. Reached by email, she said she disagreed with the decision and will appeal.
Lawyers for Swift and the other defendants, including Republic Records and Universal Music Group, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Swift, 36, was accused of copying details from Marasco's poetry books for songs including "Down Bad" and "I Can Do It with a Broken Heart," both from Swift's 2024 album "The Tortured Poets Department."
