Taylor Swift’s ‘Copyright Disposal’ Lawsuit Dropped… The Day Before Her 33rd Birthday

11-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift — who turns 33 this Tuesday — received an early birthday present Monday when US District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald dismissed her copyright lawsuit over her 2014 song “Shake It Off.”

A trial that was set to begin on January 17 was canceled when the songwriters — Nate Butler and Sean ‘Seb’ Hall — agreed to dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning it could not be reconsidered, according to NBC News.

Butler and Hall previously claimed in 2017 that the Pennsylvania-born pop singer had lyrics stolen from her 2001 song Playas Gon’ Play which he wrote for girl group 3LW.

US District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald dismissed the case in 2018, but US Circuit Judges John B. Owens, Andrew D. Horowitz, and Kenneth K. Lee of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the ruling in 2019.

Taylor wrote in a court declaration that she had never heard Playas Gon’ Play, which used the same public domain phrases — “players will play” and “haters will hate” — as Shake It Off.

“I remember hearing phrases about playing gamers and hating haters that other kids said together as they went to school in Wyoming Hills and to high school in Hendersonville,” Swift wrote in August.

These phrases were similar to other commonly used sayings such as “Don’t hate the play, hate the game”, “Take a cool pill” and “Say it, don’t spray it”.

According to the parties’ terms: A trial set to begin on January 17th was canceled when the songwriters — Nate Butler (pictured in 2021) and Sean ‘Sub’ Hall – agreed to dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning it could not be. repeat

Secret settlement? Butler and Hall previously claimed in 2017 that the Pennsylvania-born pop singer plagiarized lyrics from their 2001 song Playas Gon’ Play written for girl group 3LW (pictured in 2001)

Taylor wrote in a court declaration that she had never heard of Playas Gon’ Play, which used the same public domain phrases — “players will play” and “haters will hate” — as Shake It Off.

Hitmaker: Swift wrote the lyrics and composed the melody with producers Max Martin, Shellback, and Shake It Off received three Grammy nods and topped the US Billboard 100 for four weeks.

The Lavender Haze singer wrote the lyrics and composed the melody with producers Max Martin, Shellback, and Shake It Off. It received three Grammy nods and topped the US Billboard 100 for four weeks.

Fans are speculating that now that the lawsuit is behind Taylor, she’s now free to re-record her 1989 fifth studio album that appeared on it.

Swift — who dropped Taylor’s Versions of Red and Fearless in 2021 — has four more archive albums to faithfully re-record after losing the rights to her master recordings.

The Emmy Award-winning producer was hit with a shock on June 28, 2019 when Scott Borchetta sold Big Machine Records for $300 million to Scott ‘Scooter’ Braun, which sold its masters to Shamrock Holdings for $300 million.

Two down, four to go! Fans are speculating that now that the lawsuit is behind the Lavender Haze singer, she’s now free to re-record her 1989 fifth studio album on which she appeared.

Another one for the rack? Hollywood Foreign Press announced Monday that Taylor’s song Carolina on the soundtrack where The Crawdads sings has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.

who will win? Swift faces stiff competition against Alexandre Desplat (Ciao Papa), Lady Gaga (Hold My Hand), Rihanna (Lift Me Up), and MM Keeravani (Naatu Naatu).

The Hollywood Foreign Press announced Monday that Taylor’s “Carolina” soundtrack as The Crawdads Sings is nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.

Swift faces stiff competition against Alexandre Desplat (Ciao Papa), Lady Gaga (Hold My Hand), Rihanna (Lift Me Up), and MM Keeravani (Nato Natto).

But first, the 5-foot-10 blonde will be competing for four awards — including Song of the Year — at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, which airs Feb. 5 on CBS/Paramount+.