Taylor Swift is refuting a new lawsuit claiming that her lyrics for the 2014 single “Shake It Off” are unoriginal.
“This is a ridiculous claim and nothing more than a money grab. The law is simple and clear. They do not have a case,” Swift’s rep tells People in a response against songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler.
Hall and Butler reportedly sued Swift for copying their 2001 song “Playas Gon’ Play” which was recorded by 3Lw, according to TMZ.
The lyrics to their song include: “Playas, they gonna play and haters, they gonna hate.”
“Shake It Off” — written by Swift,...
“This is a ridiculous claim and nothing more than a money grab. The law is simple and clear. They do not have a case,” Swift’s rep tells People in a response against songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler.
Hall and Butler reportedly sued Swift for copying their 2001 song “Playas Gon’ Play” which was recorded by 3Lw, according to TMZ.
The lyrics to their song include: “Playas, they gonna play and haters, they gonna hate.”
“Shake It Off” — written by Swift,...
- 9/19/2017
- by Melody Chiu and Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Earlier this month, R&B singer Jesse Graham sued Taylor Swift for $42 million for allegedly copying the phrase "haters gonna hate" from one of his songs in her Grammy-nominated "Shake It Off." Graham, who has clearly never heard 3Lw's "No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)" before, inevitably lost his case on Tuesday. But he didn't just lose, he got ethered. In her dismissal of Graham's lawsuit, California District Court Judge Gail Standish (aka the world's best judge) expertly used Swift's own lyrics against Graham: At present, the Court is not saying that Braham can never, ever, ever get his case back in court. But, for now, we have got problems, and the Court is not sure Braham can solve them. As currently drafted, the Complaint has a blank space — one that requires Braham to do more than write his name. And, upon consideration of the Court's explanation in Part...
- 11/12/2015
- by Dee Lockett
- Vulture
R&B Singer, Jesse Graham, 50, claims that Taylor Swift‘s 2014 smash hit “Shake It Off” ripped off the chorus of his song “Haters Gone Hate” and is suing her to the tune of $24 million. Taylor Swift Facing 24m Lawsuit For Alleged Plagiarism “Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play / And the […]
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- 11/4/2015
- by Patrick Culhane
- Uinterview
Taylor Swift, who trademarked the phrase "this sick beat" earlier in the year, is now being sued by R&B artist Jesse Graham for $42 million, the New York Daily News reports. Graham alleges that Swift's gargantuan 2014 hit “Shake It Off,” which features the Shakespearean wordplay of “Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate” stole lyrics from his song coincidentally titled “Haters Gone Hate.” Beyond those three words, the songs have pretty much nothing in common. The R&B crooner says there is “no way” Swift came up with the phrase “haters gonna hate” on her own, though contra Graham's conviction, the phrase was used by French metalcore band Chunk! No, Captain, Chunk! way back in 2013, and the ever-trusty Urban Dictionary has entries on the phrase dating back to 2011. Maybe Graham's just mad he's the only person on the planet who wasn't invited to go on stage with Swift this...
- 11/1/2015
- by Greg Cwik
- Vulture
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