#Taylor Swift ‘Shake It Off’ copyright lawsuit can proceed, judge rules
“#Taylor Swift ‘Shake It Off’ copyright lawsuit can proceed, judge rules”
September 4, 2020 | 7:56am
US District Judge Michael Fitzgerald that songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler “have sufficiently alleged a protectable selection and arrangement or a sequence of creative expression” and Swift’s “use as alleged is similar enough” to survive the motion to dismiss.
Hall and Butler filed suit i 2017, saying the 2001 3LW recording “Playas Gon’ Play,” was the source of Swift’s lyrics on her “Shake It Off.”
The 3LW song includes the lyrics “Playas, they gonna play, and haters, they gonna hate.”
Fitzgerald dismissed the Hall and Butler claim in 2017. He said then that their lyrics lacked sufficient originality to merit copyright protection. An appeals court overturned his decision the following year.
Hall and Butler are seeking a share of the profits from Swift’s song, which sold more than 9 million copies as of the filing date.
Swift’s representatives have disputed the Hall and Butler contentions, calling it “a money grab.”
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