The copyright law is supposed to protect the profits of the author.

How is the Swift song going to hurt the sales of the original?

I felt the same way with the "Stairway To Heaven" and "Blurred Lines". I think the judge erred in Blurred Lines and I think we are too eager to sue for things that should be left alone.

A small, short quote from another song has a history long steeped in Classical, Folk, Jazz and even Pop music. I see it more as homage than theft.

But I'm not a judge.

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