I think that’s their case to make, but from what I could find the answer seems to be probably not. Derivative works are copyrightable (Translations, adapting a

I think that’s their case to make, but from what I could find the answer seems to be probably not. Derivative works are copyrightable (Translations, adapting a book to a movie), but it might be hard to argue an exact copy of the song lyrics are “derivative” as they aren’t an original creation, but simply a subset of the old work.