Taylor Swift avoids going to court. According to the hollywood reportera complaint filed against the pop star by two songwriters accusing him of revisiting the lyrics of their hit. get rid of itFreed in 2014, he was removed on Monday, a month before trial.
In 2018, songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler sued Taylor Swift, alleging that the singer had copied the song’s lyrics. Beaches Gon’ Play by RnB group 3LW, released in 2001.
This American girl band sings “Playas, they going to play. And haters, they going to hate” while Taylor Swift sings in its title “Because the players are going to play, play, play, play, play and the haters are going to hate , hate, hate, hate hate.”
Case closed
In 2018, the case was thrown out, as U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald ruled at the time that the lyrics sung by 3LW were not copyrightable under federal copyright law.
The latter considered that the allegedly copied text lacked the originality and creativity necessary to be considered an infringement of copyright. Taylor Swift also told the court that she had never heard the 3LW song before she wrote it. get rid of it.
Dropped, the complaint was later relaunched by the Federal Court of Appeals, ruling that Judge Michael Fitzgerald’s rejection was premature. According to court documents transmitted by the hollywood reporterthe case was ultimately dismissed after the two sides reached a settlement, the terms of which were not disclosed.
Source: BFM TV
