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Taylor Swift Files Motion To Dismiss Her 2017 Copyright Case Over Song 'Shake It Off'

In 2017, singer Taylor Swift was accused of plagiarizing the lyrics of her 2014 single "Shake It Off."

Taylor Swift Files Motion To Dismiss Her 2017 Copyright Case Over Song 'Shake It Off'
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American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has asked for a jury trial over her blockbuster song 'Shake It Off' to be dismissed. Swift is attempting to shake up the legal world by asking a judge to reconsider her 바카라Shake It Off바카라 song's case being tried in front of a jury. 

As reported by Billboard, the first lawsuit against Swift was filed in 2017 by singers Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, who wrote the song 바카라Players Gon' Playy바카라 in 2001. According to the plagiarism suit, Swift plagiarised phrases from 3LW about 'players' and 'haters.' Swift's lawyer, Peter Anderson of David Wright Tremaine LLP, claims, however, that the lyrics are too widespread and common to be plagiarised.

 The U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald dismissed their initial motion on December 9, saying, 바카라Even though there are some noticeable differences between the works, there are also significant similarities in word usage and sequence/structure.바카라

 On the other hand, Swift's lawyers are seeking that Judge Fitzgerald revisit his original ruling, claiming that he did not apply the necessary copyright laws at the time. 

 Anderson wrote that plaintiffs might sue anyone who writes, sings, or publicly states that 'players gonna play' and 'haters gonna hate.' He further stated that, 바카라To allow that is unprecedented, and it deprives the public of its right to information.바카라

 Swift바카라s attorneys further wrote that 바카라it is critical to distinguish between protected and unprotected material in a plaintiff's work. Doing so leaves only this similarity,바카라 they continued, 바카라both works use versions of two short public domain phrases 바카라 바카라players gonna play바카라 and 바카라haters gonna hate바카라 바카라 that are free for anyone to use, and two other but different tautologies that plainintiffs claim share the same underlying general idea or concept.바카라

 In September 2014, 'Shake It Off' debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for four weeks. The song stayed on the Hot 100 for a total of 50 weeks.

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