Taylor Swift countersues Evermore Theme Park

Romar Fernando

March 8, 2021

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  Taylor Swift, through her company TAS Rights Management, has filed a counter lawsuit against Evermore theme park in Utah, USA, February 24, Wednesday.

  This lawsuit comes after Evermore them park has filed its own lawsuit against Swift for alleged trademark infringement over her album of the same name and related merchandise.

  The TAS suit said that Evermore “blatantly ignored the numerous notices from BMI and opted instead to continue to benefit from the free and unauthorized public performance of [the songs], despite actual knowledge of the liability and substantial penalties imposed by the Copyright Act to protect artists.”

  According to Rolling Stone, it goes on to suggest that Evermore and its CEO, Ken Bretschneider, only reached out to BMI “seeking a retroactive license that would cover all performances” from 2018 through 2021 after he learned that the TAS Rights Management suit was imminent.

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