Taylor Swift sued for 'stealing concept of 2019 Lover booklet'

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Taylor Swift is being sued for more than a million dollars over a booklet she released as a companion to her 2019 album, Lover, by a woman who claims the star copied her own version.Teresa La Dart, an author, filed a lawsuit against the 32-year-old Grammy winner for copyright infringement, according to documents obtained by TMZ on Wednesday.The outlet reported that La Dart, who published a book in 2010 of 'poems, anecdotes and photos' also titled Lover, feels Swift copied 'the vibe and design' for her own work nine years later.

Legal woes: Taylor Swift is being sued for more than a million dollars over a booklet she released as a companion to her 2019 album, Lover, by a woman who claims the star copied her own version (Seen in 2021)In the documents, La Dart suggests that Taylor and her team read her Lover book and decided to replicate the concept and slap Swift's name on it.The author says both works not only share the same title but are each a 'recollection of past years memorialized in a combination of written and pictorial components.'  In addition, La Dart thinks the color scheme and style of the images used are too similar to be coincidental.

La Dart wants more than a million dollars in damages. Swift's legal team has not yet responded to the claim.They've been busy, however, dealing with a separate copyright claim over Taylor's smash hit song Shake It Off.

Similar or no? La Dart, who published a book in 2010 of 'poems, anecdotes and photos' also titled Lover, feels Swift copied 'the vibe and design' for her own work nine years laterEarlier this month, Swift's lawyer filed a formal response to a plagiarism lawsuit from  two songwriters - Sean Hall and Nathan Butler - who claim Shake It Off used lines from their 2001.