Judge Ingeniously Uses Taylor Swift Song Lyrics To Dismiss $42 Million Lawsuit Against Her
A Californian judge dismissed a $42 million copyright lawsuit filed against "Shake It Off" singer, Taylor Swift, and she has done it in the most "swiftiest" way possible.
United States District Court Judge Gail Standish terminated the complaint of R&B singer, Jesse Braham, today, as per CNN, and Standish used Swift's song lyrics for the singer's dismissal.
"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," the document reads, using lyrics from Swift's 2012 hit, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and 2014 hit, "Bad Blood."
"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 . . . Braham may discover that mere pleading Band-Aids will not fix the bullet holes in his case. At least for the moment, Defendants have shaken off this lawsuit," the document further continues, referencing the country-turned-pop star crooner's songs, "Blank Space," "Shake It Off" and again, "Bad Blood."
Earlier this month, as Latin Post previously reported, the 25-year-old crooner faced the complaint filed alleging her that she stole the lyrics of "Shake It Off." Braham claimed that Swift used over 90 percent of the lyrics from his song, "Haters Gonna Hate." Further, he said that "Shake It Off" lifted the key phrases like "haters gonna hate" and "playas gonna play" from his 2013 song and were used for 72 times.
He added that there is "no way" that Swift made her song without making "Haters Gonna Hate" as her inspiration.
CNN further reports that Braham filed the complaint without any lawyer and since his last job was in 2006, he asked the court to waive several filing fees.
The complaint filed against Swift came after Braham was refused of getting a selfie shot with the "1989" album maker. When he noticed that his lyrics were allegedly stolen by Swift as he watched "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" months ago, he immediately contacted Swift's party and offered a humble settlement -- just a selfie with Swift -- and inclusion in the album as one of the songwriters.
However, Swift's camp declined and that's when Braham sought contact to Swift record labels, Sony and Big Machine.
Although Braham's case was dismissed, the court document stated that he is still allowed to file another complaint, provided that he corrects his evidence and make them factual as his previous case have allegations that didn't surpass the speculative level.
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