After five years of legal battle, the copyright lawsuit originally filed by songwriters, Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, claiming that Taylor Swift stole lyrics from 3LW’s 2001 song ‘Playas Gon’ Play’ to write her hit song ‘Shake It Off’, has been dismissed.
Copyright Lawsuit Filed Over Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake It Off’ Gets Dismissed
If you would recall, the songwriters had claimed that Taylor Swift took the “Playas gon’ play/And haters, they gon’ hate” lines they wrote to come up with “Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play/And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate” lyrics in her song.
The lawsuit was dismissed after attorneys for the singer and the two songwriters filed a joint stipulation, asking a California court to drop the lawsuit in its entirety.
This is also coming a few months after Taylor Swift broke her silence on the matter, insisting that she had never heard the song she was accused of plagiarizing.
According to court documents, the singer stated that the lyrics to ‘Shake It Off’ were written entirely by her.
Taylor Swift also stated that the lyrics “players gonna play” and “haters gonna hate” were common phrases uttered countless times.
Just so you know, Taylor Swift is also facing another copyright lawsuit over a book she released in 2019.
Author Teresa La Dart sued the singer in August for more than a million dollars, claiming that she copied her poetry book, ‘Lover’, for the companion booklet for her ‘Lover’ album.
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