Taylor’s Shake It Off Lawsuit Dismissed

Feb 14, 2018 | 5:30 AM

A copyright lawsuit filed against Taylor Swift has been dismissed by a federal judge in California. Swift was facing legal action from two songwriters who alleged that she stole from their song ‘Playas Gon’ Play’ for her 2014 anthem ‘Shake It Off’.

  • Original song writers for girl group 3lw, Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, said the songs were similar with the following lyrics:
  • 3lw: “Playas, they gonna play/ And haters, they gonna hate.”
  • Swift’s 2014 chorus goes: “Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play/ And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate.”
  • US District Judge Michael Fitzgerald has now granted Swift’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit, but is allowing the plaintiffs to amend their complaint