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It was just last month that Taylor Swift managed to shake a lawsuit for allegedly stealing lyrics for her hit song “Shake It Off”.

Now, the leggy pop star is in hot water again, this time for posting an image on her social media accounts without properly crediting the artist who drew it.

It seems Swifto shared one of Alexandra Burguieres’ signature fox pictures, accompanied by the lyrics from her song “I Know Places” and, um, someone else’s name.

Awkward.

The image that appeared on Taylor Swift’s Instagram.

But these things happen, right? It’s an easy mistake to make. Certainly, it’s a pretty straight-forward one to rectify.

Burguieres thought so too and reached out to the singer, who quickly took the picture down and offered a “four-figure” sum in compensation.  The kicker was that all of the compensation had to be donated to charity.

The letter as it appeared on Burguieres’ Facebook.

Suffice to say Burguieres was unimpressed with the offer and wrote as much in an open letter posted on her Facebook page (which you can read in full below).

Basically, she argues — rather convincingly — that as a professional artist she ought to be paid for her work, especially when that work has been co-opted by someone worth an estimated US $280 million.

“I may “only” have 1239 followers on Instagram, but I believe my work has value. I believe there are many others out there like me,” she writes.

“Many of your fans are professional artists, and support themselves and their families with earnings from their intellectual property. Would you really profit from and distribute a copy of their work to millions of people, and then tell them they don’t deserve professional recognition or compensation?”

The letter has now been shared more than 900 and racked up more than 2,600 likes. You can read it here:

So far there’s been no response from the Swift camp, but baby, we’ve certainly got bad blood.

That said Burguieres might also want to have a chat with Aubin & Wills, the company who made this foxy sweater Tay was spotted wearing back in 2012.

A screenshot from the instructional “what would Taylor Swift wear?” website. ( http://wwtaylorw.com/2371/)

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