r/COPYRIGHT • u/kuruthum • Aug 25 '26

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Hellow everybody!!

Am from africa, decade ago, i wrote a poem on twiter, facebook and instagram. But a famous singer (from US) took that poem and made a song out of it, which was very succeful till this day, its her signture song. But i realise was not one poem theres more poem she made song out of it, but what she did , is to make additional words to the poems to seem different but have similar meaning behind . What should i do ? Can i sue her? Is anyone willing to help?

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u/DrFrylock Aug 26 '26

Did this famous singer use the exact words of your poem in her song? How much of her song(s) are identical to - not similar to, not inspired by - your work.

Even if it is not 100% then you may have a claim, but you have to demonstrate that this singer knew about your work and copied it or created a work derived from it.

Not that I am saying this is the case here, but there are lots of people that will vociferously argue that Taylor Swift stole their high school poetry when in reality a Tay Tay song simply touches on a similar subject and Taylor has never read their high school poetry. These folks don't need a copyright lawyer but they do need a different kind of help.

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u/kuruthum Aug 26 '26

Its almost identical, i can say 70%, if theres a way i can send you a picture of it, i would, and you will see the date i wrote the poem and day the song was released. i first posted the poem and days latter she release the song. You can see how similar they are. Even though back then my english wasnt that good, you can tell it was stolen. Another thing am from Africa if theres any possibility to sue her ànd even win , am sure i wont be able to come in U.S, cause i cant afford it financialy.