{"id":46173,"date":"2021-12-10T12:32:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T12:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/?p=46173"},"modified":"2021-12-10T13:56:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T13:56:45","slug":"taylor-swift-facing-trial-over-copyright-issue-with-one-of-her-hit-songs-shake-it-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/taylor-swift-facing-trial-over-copyright-issue-with-one-of-her-hit-songs-shake-it-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift facing trial over copyright issue with one of her hit songs \u201cShake It Off\u201d."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Taylor Swift has been accused of stealing lyrics from the 3LW girl group for one of her biggest hits from 2014 \u201cShake It Off\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cPlayas Gon\u2019 Hate\u201d songwriters, Sean Hall and Nathan Butler filed a case against Swift in 2017 as the 2001 song uses the phrases such as \u201cplayers gonna play\u201d and \u201chaters gonna hate\u201d just like the chorus in \u201cShake It Off\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case was dismissed by US district judge Michael W Fitzgerald in early 2018 as he found the lyrics too bland \u201c [it] lacks the modicum of originality and creativity required for copyright protection\u201d and carried on with listing 13 other songs that use similar phrases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Hall and Butler weren\u2019t happy with the final decree and a federal appeals court overturned that decision a year later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, December 9<sup>th<\/sup>, judge Fitzgerald denied the Grammy winner request to dismiss the case and carry on with the accusation as according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/business\/legal\/taylor-swift-trial-shake-it-off-copyright-lawsuit-1235007922\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billboard<\/a> he explains \u201cEven though there are some noticeable differences between the works, there are also significant similarities in word usage and sequence\/structure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lead song of the 1989 album was a great success for Swift it debuted at No1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and stayed there for 50 weeks on the singles chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/VoiceOfLondonUK\/status\/1469298705530593282\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to read more? 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