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Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Taylor’s Version: A “Mastermind” in IP Ownership

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After years of contractual entanglements, public disputes and strategic reinvention, Taylor Swift has achieved something few global recording artists have: She now owns the master recordings of her entire musical catalog....more

Weintraub Tobin

Taylor Swift to Face Trial in “Shake it Off” Copyright Infringement Case Filed by Writers of 3LW’s “Playas Gon’ Play”

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The IP Law Blog has been tracking the progress of the copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Taylor Swift by Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, the writers of “Playas Gon’ Play” by the girl group 3LW (released in 2001)...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Look What You Made Her Do: Taylor Swift Brings Her Own Lawsuit Against Evermore Park

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In December 2020, Taylor Swift released her ninth studio album, Evermore. The album came as somewhat of a surprise, following the release of her eighth album, Folklore, by only 5 months. Evermore sold over 1 million copies in...more

K&L Gates LLP

Can’t “Shake It Off” Yet: Court Denies Taylor Swift’s Motion to Dismiss Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

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On September 2, 2020, a California federal judge denied musician Taylor Swift’s motion to dismiss copyright infringement claims related to the lyrics in Swift’s hit song Shake It Off. On remand from the Ninth Circuit, the...more

Hogan Lovells

Ninth Circuit holds that determination of copyright originality ill-suited for disposition on a motion to dismiss

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The Ninth Circuit recently reversed the dismissal of copyright infringement claims in Hall v. Taylor Swift finding a lack of sufficient facts or evidence of record to justify a summary conclusion of lack of originality for...more

Weintraub Tobin

Hall v. Swift: Nothing Original About a Player Hater

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“Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play, And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate Baby I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake Shake it off / Shake it off...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Swift Shakes Off Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

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Pop artist Taylor Swift shook off a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Sean Hall and Nathan Butler in the U.S. District for the Central District of California, Sean Hall d.b.a. Gimme Some Hot Sauce Music, et al. v....more

Brooks Pierce

“Haters Gonna Hate, Hate . . . .”  Can Taylor Swift “Shake it Off”?

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On September 18, 2017, songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler filed a lawsuit against Taylor Swift in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Hall and Butler are the co-authors of the 2000...more

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