Florida artist Kimberly Marasco is asking the court to order singer Taylor Swift and her co-defendants to give up all profits from songs Marasco alleges contain copyrighted material.
Marasco, who is representing herself, filed a second amended complaint against Swift, songwriter Aaron Dessner, Universal Music Group and Republic Records on October 14. The complaint asks for disgorgement of profits attributable to alleged infringement.
Newsweek reached out to Marasco and a Swift representative for comment.
“Disgorgement looks at the breaching party or the party that’s in violation, and it asks, ‘How much did they benefit from, in this particular case, the copyright violation?’” Neama Rahmani, president of West Coast Trial Lawyers and former federal prosecutor, told Newsweek.
If Marasco