A Californian judge presiding over the Taylor Swift plagiarism court case has borrowed one of the singer’s lyrics from ‘Shake It Off’ while dismissing the suit in her ruling.

Earlier this month, obscure American R&B singer Jesse Braham (who records as Jesse Graham) issued a $42 million lawsuit against Swift, accusing her of stealing his lyrics for her huge single ‘Shake It Off’, the first release from her multi-million-selling album 1989.

Taylor SwiftTaylor Swift has successfully defended the copyright lawsuit

The case hinged (or rather, didn’t) on the comparison between Braham’s lyrics of his song ‘Haters Gone Hate’, which goes: “Haters gonna hate / Players gonna play / Watch out for them fakers / They’ll fake you every day.” Swift’s chorus, on the other hand, goes: “’Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play / And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate.”

While giving the case extremely short shrift on Thursday (November 12th), US district court judge Gail Standish decided to demonstrate her knowledge of Swift’s back catalogue, referencing the song itself, plus 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together', 'Blank Space' and 'Bad Blood'.

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“At present, the Court is not saying that Braham can never, ever, ever get his case back in court. But, for now, we have got problems, and the Court is not sure Braham can solve them,” Standish said in her amusing ruling, which hinted that Braham may still have a chance if he can significantly strengthen his lawsuit and provide factual evidence, rather than mere speculation.

“As currently drafted, the Complaint has a blank space – one that requires Braham to do more than write his name. And, upon consideration of the Court’s explanation in Part II, Braham may discover that mere pleading BandAids will not fix the bullet holes in his case.”

Concluding her judgment, Standish signed off: “At least for the moment, Defendants have shaken off this lawsuit.”

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