Taylor Swift and the two songwriters who accused her of copyright infringement on “Shake It Off” have agreed to dismiss the lawsuit a month before it was set to head to trial.
have agreed to dismiss the lawsuit a month before it was set to head to trial.
The decision was announced in court filings Monday, Dec. 12, with all parties involved asking the judge for an order “dismissing the action in its entirety.” U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning the case can’t be brought again. The filings did not include any reason for, or explanation behind, the agreement to dismiss the case. Lawyers for the defendants — which also included Swift’s co-writers Max Martin and Shellback — did not immediately return Rolling Stone’s request for comment, nor did a rep for Swift. Lawyers for the songwriters who brought the suit, Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, also did not return a request for comment.
The dismissal caps off a five-year legal battle that started in 2017 and was set to head to trial in January. Hall and Butler had accused Swift of essentially lifting the phrases “hater’s gonna hate” and “player’s gonna play” from their 2001 song, “Playas Gon’ Play” by 3LW. Swift repeatedly rebuffed the claim, with her lawyers arguing that lyrics about “players” and “haters” were a common trope and not singular enough to be covered by copyright law. Hall and Butler’s suit was actually dismissed in 2018, but a year later, a panel of federal judges revived it, stating it was dropped prematurely. At the end of 2021,
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