It helps when you are a billionaire and the cost of a lawyer is a drop in the pond.
It doesn’t seem like a particularly compelling case
These are quintessential themes, concepts, and isolated words—exactly the kind of material copyright law does not protect,” Cannon wrote in the order.
Other basic ideas included, “Ubiquitous metaphors (being ‘submerged’ under water, ‘tears as weapons,’ ‘desire as fuel and fire,’ becoming ‘the rain/storm’); and isolated common words and short phrases (‘tears,’ ‘running,’ ‘fire,’ ‘rain,’ ‘sky,’ ‘love,’ ‘invisible,’ ‘caged me,’ ‘flesh and blood,’ ‘it’s time to go’),” the order said.
Its pretty regular someone sues her for either completely made up items like this, or they really think they came up with the concept of love and how dare she steal it.
Other basic ideas included, “Ubiquitous metaphors (being ‘submerged’ under water, ‘tears as weapons,’ ‘desire as fuel and fire,’ becoming ‘the rain/storm’); and isolated common words and short phrases (‘tears,’ ‘running,’ ‘fire,’ ‘rain,’ ‘sky,’ ‘love,’ ‘invisible,’ ‘caged me,’ ‘flesh and blood,’ ‘it’s time to go’),” the order said.
This woman must think every generic top 40s song aimed at teen girls is plagiarism.
To be fair, when has fire ever been equated to passion before?
Too true. And rain as a metaphor for tears? Truly unique
