29 October 2019CopyrightRory O'Neill

Taylor Swift faces ‘Shake It Off’ copyright suit after Ninth Circuit revives case

Taylor Swift will once again face claims that she ripped off some of the lyrics for her hook in the 2014 hit “Shake It Off”, after the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit revived a copyright lawsuit over the song.

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