Copyright Lawsuit Against Taylor Speedy's 'Shake It Off' Dropped

The two songwriters, Nathan Butler and Sean Corredor, have requested the dismissal of the case.

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The trial in it was scheduled to begin next month. They asked a judge to "[dismiss] this motion in its entirety."

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The terms of the agreement have not yet been declared. Also, the song credits remain the same

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Taylor Swift and original co-writers Max Martin and Shellback.

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Nathan and Sean had sued Taylor Swift because they claimed her song was taken from her single 'Playas Gon' Play' by the group 3LW.

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At the time, Taylor denied taking the lyrics from her and claimed that she had not heard the song before her or in her organization.

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Taylor's group argued that the song's lyrics and music may be comparable due to the fact that it is part of common parlance

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and became part of the popular vernacular before Sean Hall and Nathan Butler wrote 'Gon Beaches'. . . Play'.

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