Taylor Swift Sues Taylor Swift For Plagiarism

The singer Taylor Swift has launched a civil suit against the singer Taylor Swift, accusing Swift of plagiarising her songs.

"I heard a song on the radio called 'Boyfriends Are Awful' and I thought, that's virtually identical to my song 'This Relationship is Over'. The chord sequence was exactly the same, the overall structure was the same, the sentiment of the lyrics. It barely counted as a different song."

This caused Swift to go on a deep dive into Swift's catalogue, where she soon discovered more candidates. "'I am Dumping You Today' was another one with the same chords, tempo and arrangement. And then there's 'I'm Mad At My Ex'." Swift's lawyers say they have identified a total of thirty-six songs that are functionally identical.

But Swift hit back, saying "Every pop song is supposed to sound exactly the same as every other. There are only four chords anyway, or at least only four that are easy to do on the guitar." Swift launched a counter-suit against Swift, citing the emotional distress caused by the accusations and how it was similar to the distress of a messy breakup. "I might write a song about it, actually," said both Swifts.

The Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT said, "You want Taylor Swift songs? I got Taylor Swift songs. Fifty quid a pop. I got a million of 'em. Literally."

ANNOYED

So the Lego Ideas website has a weekly challenge and the current one is to build a band or singer or group or something like that. I submitted the attached image and had it rejected with the following:

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Please make sure all your photos are:

Crisp and clear
Not too dark or too bright
Not too grainy
Not too blurry
Clear of background clutter (we encourage plain, neutral backgrounds)
Free of borders around the images
Remember you want to make a great first impression with your images toward potential supporters, so make sure it's easy to see your LEGO creation.

Please submit better digital images. We don't accept digitally edited photos or images with jagged, pixilated, or blurry edge lines cropping or compositing. Any text overlays need to be clear and easy to read.

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(This was the second one I submitted and both were rejected - the first was basically the same but less zoomed in and the background was a little more out-of-focus and the black pieces a little less easy to see but I couldn't really see what was wrong with either version.)

I cannot FOR THE LIFE OF ME see how the picture I submitted breaks any of these rules. I am inevitably limited by the quality of camera and lighting that I own but even so I think the image is fine. What on earth is wrong with it????? This is the third time I've had something rejected for more or less bullshit reasons but at least with the other two I could sort of see what they are getting at. But this one? THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.

FUCK THEM