{"id":26199,"date":"2026-11-05T05:17:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T05:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bts-swim-copyright-lawsuit-faces-dismissal-request\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T05:27:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T05:27:54","slug":"bts-swim-copyright-lawsuit-faces-dismissal-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bts-swim-copyright-lawsuit-faces-dismissal-request\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS \u2018Swim\u2019 Copyright Lawsuit Faces Dismissal Request"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three songwriters have asked to dismiss their copyright lawsuit over <strong>BTS<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cSwim\u201d nearly four months after filing it against <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hybecorp.com\/\">Hybe<\/a><\/strong> and other defendants. The reason for the request is unclear, as is whether the parties reached a settlement.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Cooper, Jon Sandler and Greylyn Johnson filed the suit in July, alleging that \u201cSwim\u201d copied elements of their unreleased 2025 demo of the same name. They requested dismissal of the entire case on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The defendants named in the lawsuit included Hybe, Hybe America, Big Hit Music and several songwriters, among them OneRepublic\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onerepublic.com\/\">Ryan Tedder<\/a><\/strong>. BTS\u2019s members were not named.<\/p>\n<p>BTS released \u201cSwim\u201d in March as the lead single from its comeback album <em>ARIRANG<\/em>. 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