All Too Well for Taylor Swift as Judge Drops Copyright Lawsuit for Certified Diamond Song

Published 12/14/2022, 2:30 PM EST

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At this moment, Taylor Swift stands as one of the most successful female artists of all time. Certainly, you can’t blame fans. It is always her music that always manages to keep everyone hooked. We saw how her new album Midnights smashed records in the first weeks of release. The debut week registered 549.3 million official U.S. on-demand streams and tallied as the third-biggest streaming week ever.

The American singer secured all Top 10 chart positions in the Billboard Hot 100 chart, beating Drake’s previous year’s record. In fact, she racked up six trophies at the American Music Awards, beating her record of the most-awarded artist in AMA’s history. Whether it is awards, sales, billboard success, or Grammy nominations, the pop star had an astounding year. And here comes another happy ending for the singer as Judge drops the copyright lawsuit for Certified Diamond Song.

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The lawsuit against Taylor Swift for the ‘Shake It Off’ song is suspended

According to court documents filed on Monday, Sean Hall and Nathan Butler have called off their copyright lawsuit against Taylor Swift. The songwriters previously claimed that the Fearless singer has imitated their lyrics for the 2014 hit “Shake It Off.” Now the case has been dismissed by the federal judge in Los Angeles, and they will never be able to refile it.

It was revealed that the lawsuit was closed since both parties reached an agreement, but details are not disclosed. Moreover, there will be a trial scheduled to begin next year on January 17.

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Although the lyrics are different in both songs since in “Shake It Off,” Swift sings “the players gonna play, play, play, play, play, and the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate.” On the other hand “Playas Gon’ Play,” goes like “playas, they gonna play, and haters, they gonna hate.”

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Even the Grammy winner told the court that she never heard this song before writing her song with Max Martin and Shellback. Meanwhile, if you don’t know, Shake It Off received three Grammy nominations and became a Diamond back in 2020. The song garnered huge attention racking up more than 10 million sales and streams, says the reports by RIAA.

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Are you a Swiftie too? Have you listened to her new album? Tell us your views in the comment section!

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Shikha Arya is an experienced entertainment writer at Netflix Junkie, having contributed over 1000 articles to the platform. She holds a Master's degree in English Literature from a prestigious university and has honed her writing skills over three years. Shikha's forte lies in crafting thought-provoking pieces about the lives of pop culture icons.

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