A court in the USA has dismissed a copyright lawsuit against popular singer Taylor Swift filed five-years ago originally by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler over her song ‘Shake It Off’.
U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald officially dismissed the lawsuit filed by Sean and Nathan in the year 2017 which claimed that Taylor Swift stole lyrics from 3LW’s 2001 song “Playas Gon’ Play” to write her hit song “Shake It Off”.
According to reports, the lawsuit was dismissed after attorneys for the Grammy-winning singer and the two songwriters filed a joint stipulation on Monday December 12, asking a California court to drop the lawsuit “in its entirety.”
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This came after Taylor Swift also stated that the lyrics “players gonna play” and “haters gonna hate” were common phrases “uttered countless times.”
She said; “In writing the lyrics, I drew partly on experiences in my life and, in particular, unrelenting public scrutiny of my personal life, ‘clickbait’ reporting, public manipulation, and other forms of negative personal criticism which I learned I just needed to shake off and focus on my music.”
