What is TaylorSwift being accused of? Why’s it taking so long? What happens if she loses? Here’s everything to know about the star’s never-ending legal fight.
If you’ve lost track of the case, don’t feel too bad. Across half a decade of litigation, the “Shake It Off” lawsuit has already seen dozens of motions, several key rulings and a high-profile reversal by an appeals court, all without ever reaching a jury trial or a final decision on the accusations.
To catch you up to speed, here’s everything you need to know about Taylor’s long legal battle over “Shake It Off.”In September 2017, songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Swift, Big Machine Records, Sony Music Publishing and others involved in “Shake It Off,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 2014 and ultimately spent 50 weeks on the chart.
In their complaint, Hall and Butler accused Swift of stealing the central lyrics from their “Playas Gon’ Play,” a song released by R&B group 3LW in 2001 that eventually reached No. 81 on the Hot 100. The song also appeared on MTV’s then-ubiquitousIn Hall and Butler’s song, the line was “playas, they gonna play, and haters, they gonna hate”; in Swift’s track, she sings, “‘Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play and the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate.
“Defendants knew or should have known that “Playas Gon’ Play” could not be used in a musical work by Defendants without a license and/or songwriting credit, as is customary standard practice in the music industry,” Hall and Butler wrote.Swift’s lawyers quickly shot back that the lawsuit was “fundamentally flawed” and should be dismissed, arguing that the short snippet of lyrics was not creative or unique enough to be covered by copyrights.
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