Kimberly Marasco waited less than 48 hours to launch an appeal prolonging litigation that Taylor's attorneys have called "absurd" and "harassing."
Taylor Swift attends the Songwriters Hall of Fame 55th Annual Induction and Awards Gala on June 11, 2026 in New York City.
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It ain’t over quite yet: A self-published Florida poet who claimed Taylor Swift stole her words for her lyrics has filed a quick appeal after her copyright case was thrown out of court earlier this week.
Less than two days after Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case by ruling that the only similarities between Kimberly Marasco’s poems and Swift’s songs were generic words and ideas, the litigious poet filed a notice Tuesday (July 7) that she would ask a federal appeals court to overturn the decision.
