The singer countersued Evermore Park this week after it brought a copyright infringement suit earlier in February.
Singer Taylor Swift escalated a feud with Evermore Park in Pleasant Grove, Utah, this week after the theme park sued the singer for copyright infringement over her Evermore album, alleging in a new lawsuit that the fantasy park has been illegally performing Swift’s music for years without proper licensing. By contacting BMI and trying to pay now for their past performances, Evermore Park is “making a thinly-veiled attempt to fabricate a record to justify and retroactively authorize their intentional infringement that has gone unabated since Evermore Park opened in 2018,” Swift’s lawsuit alleges. “However, a cover-up attempt now does not and cannot erase years of willful and knowing infringement.” Evermore Park has not yet responded to a request for comment about Swift’s complaint. The singer’s counsel denounced the theme park’s copyright allegations as “baseless” in a December letter responding to a cease and desist letter about the claims. “Put simply, the Swift Parties have not infringed your client’s trademark, and it is inconceivable that there is any likelihood of confusion between your client’s theme park and related products and Ms.
