Taylor Swift appears in court for allegedly stealing Shake It Off lyrics

Singer Taylor Swift, who recently broke several records and is likely to go on to break her re-released version of the album “Red”, is set to appear in court soon. The case will deal with some allegations of plagiarism towards the pop star, before it hits her get rid of.

A US judge has rejected Taylor Swift’s request to drop the case, saying a jury may find her guilty of copying the song. Playas Gon ‘Play From the girl group 3LW From 2011. Hit singer get rid of As of 2014 it will look a lot like him, he writes BBC. Both songs contain different variations of phrases.Players will play” in a “haters gonna hate“.

“So normal”

The judge had previously dismissed the case, saying the lyrics were too “vulgar” to protect copyright. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald cited as evidence 13 previously released songs containing similar phrases, including Play Hatter Van The Notorious Big On dreams by Fleetwood Mac.

In the early 2000s, popular culture was sufficiently saturated with notions of players in a the haters for the camelplayas… I will play‘ From ‘haters gonna hate‘, stand alone, don’t make it more creative than ‘Runners will run“,”Drummers will drum‘, From ‘Swimmers will swimThen he wrote.

“The concept of parties acting according to their essential nature is not at all creative, it is cliched. In short, the texts in question… are too short, not original, and not creative enough to fall under the protection of copyright law.”

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Taylor Swift vs. Hole in Butler

Songbook of the so-called original song Playas Gon ‘PlayHowever, Sean Hall and Nathan Butler appealed the ruling and the Federal Court of Appeals overturned its decision. This brought the case back to the same judge: Fitzgerald. Swift then requested a summary judgment — an immediate ruling saying she did not infringe copyright — but on Thursday, December 9, the judge refused.

“Although there are some notable differences between the works,” he wrote, “there are also important similarities in the use and arrangement/structure of the words.” He added, “The court cannot, at this stage, decide that the rational juror does not find a fundamental similarity in the lyrical formulation, word order, or poetic structure between the two works.”

He concluded that Swift’s experts had made “convincing arguments”, but that it was not enough to prevent the case from going to trial.

get rid of?

the number Playas Gon ‘Play She was lightly hurt by girl group 3LW. Songwriter Sean Hall has written and produced songs for artists like Justin Bieber and Maroon 5, while Nathan Butler has worked with the Backstreet Boys and Luther Vandross, among others.

the song get rid of It is Taylor Swift’s best-selling single of her career, reaching number one in the US charts and number two in the UK (where she was shocked off the top by a wide margin. All about this bass Van Megan Trainor).

Lawyers for Hall and Butler praised the decision, saying the court “did the right thing”. The date of the pop singer’s next lawsuit has not been announced.

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Listen to a song Taylor Swift is said to have transcribed from below:

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