New updates have arrived in the case of Taylor Swift and her lawsuit over ‘Shake It Off.’
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Mere weeks after the singer was ordered to stand trial over copyright infringement over the 3LW song ‘Playas Bon’ Play,’ she is now asking the court to throw out the ruling.
According to Rolling Stone, Swift filed a motion on December 23, asking Judge Michael Fitzgerald to reconsider his decision.
The new motion states:
“Both works use versions of two short public domain phrases — ‘players gonna play’ and ‘haters gonna hate’— that are free for everyone to use.”
“The presence of versions of the two short public domain statements and two other tautologies in both songs simply does not satisfy the extrinsic test. Otherwise, plaintiffs could sue everyone who writes, sings, or publicly says ‘players gonna play’ and ‘haters gonna hate’ alone with other tautologies. To permit that is unprecedented and cheats the public domain”
The lawyer for Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, the pair of songwriters who wrote 3LW’s track, said:
“We feel there is no basis for reconsideration, and that this is just a music mogul and her machine trying to deny our client justice by outspending a fellow lower-income artist. Totally uncool among artists.”
The latest update arrives after Fitzgerald said there were “enough objective similarities” between the two tracks for the case to move forward.
Tay tay right on this one. They reaching
I’m with Taylor on this one, that don’t make no sense
Chile, I’ve been laughing at this frivolous lawsuit since day ONE 😂 Not only do the 3LW writers use It’s All About The Benjamins for reference, they swaggerjack Rodney Jerkins, Kandi, Missy and Destiny’s Child lmaooooooooo 🤣
Right?! 🤣
lol 😂 Shayla, did you see Tory Lamez jacking Madonna on the beat and Rick Astley on the verses of his song? 🤣 The Queen Of Pop said cease and desist lol
She sho did! 🤣 That’s why she’s THE legend!
Taylor is full of s*** on this one. She knows damn well she was thinking about that song when she wrote that bubblegum pop version of hers. She was a kid when 3LW/ the cheetah girls came out. Just give them folks their credit and move on.
Chile, Puff Daddy, Jadakiss and Voletta Wallace should sue those 3LW writers lmaoooooo 🤣 🤳🏽
Sue For what?
I really don’t want to write an essay lmaooooooooo 👀 But Sean Hall and Nate Butler KNOW they referenced the beginning verse of It’s All About The Benjamins in Playas Gon’ Play….they referenced Biggie’s One More Chance in No More (Baby I’ma Do Right) so I KNOW they know 😂 Both songs are on 3LW’s debut album 😂 They definitely didn’t come up with “playa haters”, “ballers” and “shot callers” lol…as easy as they’re suing, someone could sue them…that’s all I’m saying 💯 No one really knows the origin, but I know WHO they were thinking about…even Lil Troy’s Wanna Be A Baller came out after Benjamins lol…I’m done, but you asked 😂
I don’t know, after listening to both, I think team 3LW definitely have a case.
That’s my 2 cents!
The very first thought I had was 3LW when she dropped the song
Typical white privileged trash stealing from black art and using her privilege to get out of any consequences for being a thief! F** this ho she can’t sing for shxt and her a s s is as flat as a wall.
One is a song no one knows, and one is an awesome pop song. Taylor wins!
Taylor’s song is absolute trash.
That’s why it has 3 billion views on youtube, but keep lying to yourself
UMM “Gangnam Style” has 4 Billion views. What is ur point?? YouTube views equal Quality? lol
The song is trash 🗑️
I don’t like Tay Tay but there’s no code to answer for here.
The phrase in the 3WL song is “players they gonna play, haters they gonna hate”.
Taylor Swift says “play gonna play play play play, and haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate”
The melodies are different and the choice of words isn’t protected by copyright law… otherwise there would be a case every 5 minutes.
This 💯
You’re out here scamming ur fans out their coins. Now you refuse to give 3LW their coins.
Girl you’s a fake a$$ wannabe Disney princess who’s messy AF. I’m so sick of this drama queen.