Plagiar law against Taylor Swift stagnates: the complainant resorts to the police to locate her
The artist Kimberly Marascowith residence in Floridahe faces serious difficulties in advancing in his demand for author against the singer Taylor Swiftwhom he accuses of plagiarize elements of his poetry in multiple albums. As he revealed NewsweekMarasco has resorted to different Sheriff offices in at least four states to personally deliver legal documents to Swift, without being able to locate it.
The process, initiated in the Federal Court of the Southern District of Florida Under the supervision of the judge Aileen Cannonis stagnant due to the lack of formal notification to the artist. Demand, which also implies producers Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessneras well as records Universal Music Group and Republic Recordsrequest compensation for 25 million dollars for alleged unauthorized use of original content.
Marasco argues that Swift and his collaborators incorporated creative elements of their poems without consent in songs present in albums LOVER, Folklore, Midnights and The tortured poets Department. In an attempt to keep the case alive, the artist has requested an extension of the judicial term to complete the notification and has requested authorization to use alternative methods for the delivery of documents.
In the recently presented motion, Marasco related his efforts to notify Swift through Sheriff agents in California, Tennessee, New York and Rhode Island. In California, a judicial server went to a property linked to Swift, but could not verify its presence. Subsequently, a County Sheriff made visits on March 26 and 27 and April 2, but the security guards said that the singer “was not at home,” according to the documentation obtained by Newsweek.
In the state of Tennessee, an agent of the sheriff of the Davidson County He made a failed delivery attempt, claiming that Swift has the property, but does not reside there. The process failed to advance and a declaration of non -notification was issued.
On April 7, Marasco contacted the Sheriff’s office in New Yorkand on the 29th of the same month he received confirmation that the documents had been prosecuted. The authorities indicated that delivery attempts would begin, although they could take between three and four weeks.
In Rhode Island, the notification attempt was not successful either. A security guard prevented the judicial server from approaching the residence and ordered the documents to be delivered at the nearest police station. The Sheriff’s office warned that if the agent returned to the property, it would be arrested by raid. These obstacles led Marasco to resort to unconventional methods to try to meet the legal requirements.
Judge Cannon had already warned the plaintiff that the case could be filed if Swift is not noted valid. In a previous lawsuit filed by Marasco, Swift was withdrawn from the judicial process for that same reason, although the accusations against other defendants continued. On this occasion, Marasco requested an extension of the deadline to make the notification, proposing as a new deadline the June 15instead of the current May 29.
In addition, he requested authorization to use alternative notification through Secretary of State of Floridaafter ensuring that he had “exhausted all possible means” to locate the artist through traditional channels. Marasco also requested the reimbursement of $ 631.30which corresponds to the expenses generated by the multiple notification attempts, including Sheriffs and judicial servers fees.
Judge Cannon has ordered that none of the co-demands respond to the lawsuit while Taylor Swift has not been formally notified. This directive has paralyzed the progress of the case, since, according to the procedural structure established by the Court, All defendants must be notified To be able to advance to the phase of responses and allegations.
In a statement collected by NewsweekMarasco expressed emotional and logistical wear that the judicial process has involved: “This ordeal has been exhausting and took me a long time. I am tired.” In his motion to the court, he reiterated that “without an alternative notification, the plaintiff faces undue delays, since the order of the court links the responses of all the defendants to the Swift notification, which puts access to justice at risk for alleged infraction of copyright.”
For their part, swift’s lawyers, Aaron S. Blynn and Katherine Wright Morronethey argued in a legal document presented in the original case that “nothing has changed since this Court previously denied the requests of the plaintiff. The court must dismiss claims against the artist for not having perfected the notification of the process.”
So far, Judge Cannon has not ruled on Marasco’s motion to extend the term or the possibility of allowing an alternative form of legal documents. The case remains stopped while the artist continues to look for legal ways to get the singer to formally receive demand.
