Taylor Swift sued for $1 million by Memphis poet claiming copyright infringement over 2019 'Lover' album

Swift released 'Lover,' her seventh studio album and first release following Big Machine Records fallout, in 2019

By?Tracy Wright?| Fox News

Taylor Swift is facing a $1 million copyright?infringement?lawsuit after a?Memphis,?Tennessee, poet on Tuesday filed documents claiming the singer-songwriter copied elements of her book to create the 2019 album "Lover."

霉霉面臨一百萬美元的版權(quán)侵權(quán)訴訟，因為田納西州孟菲斯的一名詩人周二提交文件，聲稱這位創(chuàng)作歌手在創(chuàng)作2019年的專輯《Lover》時抄襲了她書中的元素。

infringement /?n?fr?nd?m?nt/ n.（對他人權(quán)益的）侵犯，侵害；（對法律、規(guī)則等的）違反，違背

Memphis /?memf?s/；孟菲斯市（美國田納西州城市名）

Tennessee/?ten??si?/田納西州（美國州名）

Teresa La Dart's lawsuit claimed Swift used "creative elements that copied the expressive design arrangements" for her seventh studio album from a book La Dart published with the same "Lover" title on Jan. 12, 2010.

特蕾莎·拉達特在訴訟中稱斯威夫特在她的第七張錄音室專輯中使用了“創(chuàng)造性元素，抄襲了拉達特在2010年1月12日出版的同名《情人》一書中富有表現(xiàn)力的設(shè)計安排”。

In court documents, La Dart's book was also registered with the U.S. Copyright Office in February.

在法庭文件中，拉達特的書也于今年2月在美國版權(quán)局注冊。

Fox News Digital has reached out to Swift's rep for comment.

?？怂剐侣剶?shù)字頻道已經(jīng)聯(lián)系了斯威夫特的發(fā)言人，請其做出反應(yīng)。

Swift released the album with an accompanying?tome?on Aug. 23, 2019.

泰勒斯威夫特于2019年8月23日發(fā)行了這張專輯，還附贈一部著作。

tome n. /t??m/ （尤指理論性的）大部頭書，巨著

The statute of limitations on copyright infringement cases is three years following the release of the work. Tuesday was the last day La Dart could file the suit against the 11-time Grammy Award winner.

侵犯著作權(quán)案件的訴訟時效是作品發(fā)行后的3年。周二是拉達特對這位11次格萊美獎得主提起訴訟的最后一天。

La Dart claims in her suit — obtained by Action News 5 in Memphis — that Swift and the Taylor Swift Productions, Inc. (TSP) book includes "substantially the same format of a recollection of past years memorialized in a combination of written and pictorial components with a book."

孟菲斯的《行動新聞5號》獲得了拉達特的訴訟信息，她在訴訟中稱，斯威夫特和其制作公司(TSP)的書中包含了“基本上相同的格式—用文字和圖片組元素成的書來紀念過去幾年的回憶。”

The suit also states there's a "substantially similar cover format, with the author photographed in a downward pose, and a?color scheme?(pastel pinks and blues) with the same title with substantially the same introduction page formats with a similarly styled ‘Lover’ title, as well as an earlier photograph of the author in a nature setting and turned to the right."

訴狀中還寫道:“封面格式基本相似，作者的照片是向下拍攝的，配色(淡粉色和藍色)、標題基本相同，介紹頁格式也基本相同，標題風(fēng)格類似的‘情人’，以及作者早期在自然環(huán)境中向右轉(zhuǎn)向的照片?！?/span>

color scheme /?k?l? ski?m/配色方案，色彩設(shè)計

pastel /?p?stl/ n. 1.彩色粉筆；蠟筆?drawings in pastel 蠟筆畫。2.粉筆?a box of pastels 一盒粉筆。3.彩色粉筆畫；蠟筆畫。4.淡雅的色彩?The whole house was painted in soft pastels. 整座房屋都漆成柔和淡雅的色彩。

Documents state the?defendants?have "neither sought, nor obtained, a license from TLD (Teresa La Dart) of her creative design element rights, nor have they given any credit to TLD in relation to the TLD work and the infringing Swift and TSP ‘Lover’ book release."

文件稱，被告“既沒有尋求也沒有獲得拉達特的創(chuàng)意設(shè)計元素權(quán)利許可，也沒有就拉達特的作品以及泰勒及其公司推出的侵權(quán)圖書《Lover》發(fā)行給予拉達特任何表示?！?/span>

Defendant：被告

The suit said the Swift album has reached "at least 2.9 million copies sold within the United States since its release date (over 4 million copies sold internationally)."

訴訟稱，斯威夫特的專輯“自發(fā)行之日起，在美國境內(nèi)的銷量已達290萬張(全球銷量超過400萬張)”。

La Dart claims she has suffered "continuing" damages and "will not?abate?in the future."

拉達特聲稱，她遭受了“持續(xù)”的損害，而且“未來不會減輕”。

abate v. /??be?t/ （使）減弱，減退，減輕，減少? The storm showed no signs of abating. 暴風(fēng)雨沒有減弱的跡象。

The lawsuit also requests Swift to?incur?all costs of attorney's fees, and La Dart is requesting a trial by jury.

該訴訟還要求Swift承擔所有律師費用，La Dart請求陪審團審判。

incur /?n?k??(r)/ v. 1.招致；遭受；引起?She had incurred the wrath of her father by marrying without his consent 她未經(jīng)父親同意就結(jié)婚，使父親震怒。2.if you incur costs, you have to pay them 引致，帶來（成本、花費等）

"Lover" was Swift's seventh studio album and the first effort she recorded with Republic Records after ending her 12-year contract with Big Machine Records following the Scooter Braun fallout over her master recordings.

《Lover》是霉霉的第七張錄音室專輯，也是她與Big Machine Records唱片公司在Scooter Braun的唱片風(fēng)波后結(jié)束12年合同之后與Republic Records合作的第一張專輯。

The album was her sixth consecutive album to top the Billboard 200 charts, and featured the popular singles, "Me!," "You Need to Calm Down," "The Man" and "Lover."

這張專輯是她連續(xù)第六張專輯登頂Billboard 200榜單，其中包括流行單曲《Me!》、《你需要冷靜下來》、《男人》和《情人》。

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