Taylor Swift hit with $1 million copyright lawsuit over 2019 ‘Lover’ book

An author has slapped Taylor Swift with a copyright lawsuit claiming that the pop songstress ripped off her book.

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Teresa La Dart has sued Swift for more than a million dollars alleging the singer copied the author’s 2010 self-published book of poetry

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“Lover” for the companion booklet for the 2019 “Lover” album. In a complaint filed in a Tennessee federal court on Aug. 23,

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La Dart accused the “All Too Well” performer of ripping off her tome of “poems, anecdotes and photos.”

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The complaint claimed that not only do both works share the same title but each is a “recollection of past years

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The complaint claimed that not only do both works share the same title but each is a “recollection of past years

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The “Bad Blood” singer is currently embroiled in another copyright lawsuit over her hit song “Shake It Off.”

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