Taylor Swift facing lawsuit

2015-11-09 by ASnideReturns | 108 Comments
Country Pop singer Taylor Swift has just recently been made the target of a massive lawsuit due to her alleged plagiarism for her song "Shake It Off." The lawsuit is being brought to fruition by an RnB vocalist by the name of Jesse Braham who claims that Taylor stole lyrics from one of his songs titled "Haters Gonna Hate" released a year before "Shake It Off." The lawsuit is seeking a whopping $42 million in compensation. Neither Taylor Swift nor her representatives have made a response to these accusations.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/11/04/taylor-swift-sued-alleged-plagiarism-shake-off/75156072/

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OldCrime
November 9th 2015
432 Comments


No chance

grindcorecore
November 9th 2015
619 Comments


he'll never win

SCREAM!
November 9th 2015
15755 Comments


Probably hoping to make a quick buck from an out of court settlement.

Aftertheascension
November 9th 2015
3564 Comments


lol this is nothing new. These pop asshats copy everything.

SCREAM!
November 9th 2015
15755 Comments


Speaking of asshats

SharkTooth
November 9th 2015
14921 Comments


Nobody fucks with T-Swizzle

Aftertheascension
November 9th 2015
3564 Comments


yeah, you came in at a perfect time

davesthesay
November 9th 2015
91 Comments


Haters gonna sue, sue, sue, sue ,sue

SCREAM!
November 9th 2015
15755 Comments


Aftertheascention: Bringing back elementary school "disses" one at a time

This week we see him attempt to revive the classic "I know you are but what am I"

Aftertheascension
November 9th 2015
3564 Comments


SCREAM!: Randomly insulting people that he doesn't know for no reason.

Meek mill diss track level shit here

torts
November 9th 2015
4298 Comments


ascension shut the fuck up
t-swizz is lord

SCREAM!
November 9th 2015
15755 Comments


"SCREAM!: Randomly insulting people that he doesn't know for no reason."

Keep telling yourself there's "no reason"


ascension shut the fuck up[2]

SharkTooth
November 9th 2015
14921 Comments


Great argument guys keep it up



Not really

Aftertheascension
November 9th 2015
3564 Comments


I'll only shut up when you stupid motherfuckers stop saying stupid shit. I don't even know this scream motherfucker.

treeqt.
November 9th 2015
16970 Comments


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SharkTooth
November 9th 2015
14921 Comments


Motherfucker it's redundant to say motherfucker every other word motherfucker

torts
November 9th 2015
4298 Comments


[234567889]

grindcorecore
November 9th 2015
619 Comments


omg guys shake it off ffs

RadicalEd
November 9th 2015
9546 Comments


What a fucking scumbag. He'll probably will be somewhat successful, because her lawyers will most likely go for a settlement.

He's a absolute noname and is trying to claim that he coined the phrase "Haters gonna hate"? That is rich.

So yeah. Fuck this guy.

On the other hand she deserves to get sueued because she's annoying as fuck as well, and that song is horrendous as well. So fuck everything basically.

Aftertheascension
November 9th 2015
3564 Comments


lmfao treeqt. you gave crj a 5.

DinosaurJones
November 9th 2015
10402 Comments


This went downhill extremely quickly. I blame Monday.

torts
November 9th 2015
4298 Comments


"lmfao treeqt. you gave crj a 5."

you fived boston and 2pac who are you

grindcorecore
November 9th 2015
619 Comments


you gave being as an ocean a 5 that's rich

torts
November 9th 2015
4298 Comments


baao LOL

treeqt.
November 9th 2015
16970 Comments


http://i.imgur.com/caQWOae.png

KrazyKris
November 9th 2015
2749 Comments


Apart from the huge amount of money, I really wouldn't want to be the guy that penned something like Shake It Off or even parts of it. It's a quite crappy song.

RadicalEd
November 9th 2015
9546 Comments


Gonna sue Coldplay next because we definitely had a song about "Paradise" in my kindergarden. Those sneaky brits totally stole that idea.

Aftertheascension
November 9th 2015
3564 Comments


32 comments headass

SharkTooth
November 9th 2015
14921 Comments


"What a fucking scumbag. He'll probably will be somewhat successful, because her lawyers will most likely go for a settlement. He's a absolute noname and is trying to claim that he coined the phrase "Haters gonna hate"? That is rich. So yeah. Fuck this guy."

Taylor Swift really is no better, I mean she tried to copyright phrases like "shake it off" and "this sick beat" so it makes sense that this happens right back at her

guitarded_chuck
November 9th 2015
18070 Comments


thats swe bros gonna get a cool mili from t-swift lol im,down

treeqt.
November 9th 2015
16970 Comments


link

grindcorecore
November 9th 2015
619 Comments


headass you gave adtr a 4.5 lel

Aftertheascension
November 9th 2015
3564 Comments


Radicaled that was the dumbest shit I've ever read

SharkTooth
November 9th 2015
14921 Comments


It makes sense, but in the context of Swift's copyrighting of phrases herself it's not a sound argument

torts
November 9th 2015
4298 Comments


have you ever read any one of your 2746 comments

grindcorecore
November 9th 2015
619 Comments


^^^ oh shit boi

DinosaurJones
November 9th 2015
10402 Comments


Wait, did she really try to copyright those phrases?

What the actual fuck. That is absolutely ridiculous.

SharkTooth
November 9th 2015
14921 Comments


http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-trademarks-this-sick-beat-and-other-1989-phrases-20150128

treeqt.
November 9th 2015
16970 Comments


oh boy that's something

BlacKapes
November 9th 2015
1962 Comments


stop fucking up the thread aftertheascension im very interested to read important information about a taylor swift lawsuit

KrazyKris
November 9th 2015
2749 Comments


Isn't that great.

Just imagine two guys in the studio talking about a track they just recorded: "Dude, those vocals you did are hot and that sick beat. This is just the shit." And in no time there are two suits standing behind them, demanding a few thousand dollar for the "Taylor Swift, I'm a legit idiot" foundation.

RadicalEd
November 9th 2015
9546 Comments


"Radicaled that was the dumbest shit I've ever read"

care to elaborate? Or should I just write you off as the dumbest shit I've ever met.

DinosaurJones
November 9th 2015
10402 Comments


Wow, I never really knew anything about her, but she seems like an extremely paranoid/protective person.

grindcorecore
November 9th 2015
619 Comments


it's all because some people were selling shit with her lyrics on etsy and t-swift wasn't having any of it so

torts
November 9th 2015
4298 Comments


my question is why would she care she makes like a milli a day regardless

grindcorecore
November 9th 2015
619 Comments


she's a filthy capitalist

KrazyKris
November 9th 2015
2749 Comments


Greedy as fuck probably.

grindcorecore
November 9th 2015
619 Comments


love her cats tho, they're so dumb looking

DinosaurJones
November 9th 2015
10402 Comments


Seriously, she's probably worth so much, why should she give a shit about that?

Gyromania
November 9th 2015
37017 Comments


good fucking luck with that, idiot.

these cases are honestly so typical now: some douche who found similarities between their song and another artist's song tries to seek a hilariously exaggerated amount of money that he/she could have never dreamed to make off of their own song and will inevitably fail in court

Gyromania
November 9th 2015
37017 Comments


why should she have to fork out millions of dollars to some entitled jackass who's just trying to make a quick buck off of her? it's insulting and stupid and courts shouldn't even entertain it

grindcorecore
November 9th 2015
619 Comments


swiftie gyromania to the rescue. i joke man, i agree

RadicalEd
November 9th 2015
9546 Comments


"these cases are honestly so typical now: some douche who found similarities between their song and another artist's song tries to seek a hilariously exaggerated amount of money that he/she could have never dreamed to make off of their own song and will inevitably fail in court"

Except most of the time it doesn't go to court but gets settled, so he still may get like 2 million and just laugh his way to the bank.

Gyromania
November 9th 2015
37017 Comments


yeah it'll likely be settled out of court, which will prob still net him more money than his next 20 albums combined

JAV
November 9th 2015
3545 Comments


The real question is, what does Kanye have to say about this?

torts
November 9th 2015
4298 Comments


oh shut up

treeqt.
November 9th 2015
16970 Comments


might be his exact words

guitarded_chuck
November 9th 2015
18070 Comments


"jesse braham had the greatest songs of all time"

JAV
November 9th 2015
3545 Comments


torts why u mad bro?

Mystletainn
November 9th 2015
4049 Comments


"I'll only shut up when you stupid motherfuckers stop saying stupid shit"

The irony is so beautiful I could shed a tear

LotusFlower
November 9th 2015
12000 Comments


wow this thread went off the deep end quick

I honestly don't think anything will come out of this

Calc
November 9th 2015
17339 Comments


so what i got out of this thread is that people don't like ascension for some reason.

got it.

SCREAM!
November 9th 2015
15755 Comments


Is he gonna sue The Interview while he's at it?

I'd support that, that was a terrible movie with a genius marketing ploy

zaruyache
November 9th 2015
27365 Comments


listened to his song and it sounds nothing like hers, neither musically nor lyrically.

Mutantsnowstorm
November 9th 2015
514 Comments


Attention everyone, we can't use the phrase "haters gonna hate" without direct consent from Mr. Fuckface here because he created the saying and it is unique to him. nobody used the phrase before him, please deposit 10 dollars into his bank account if you plan on saying this phrase anymore

Wolfhorde
November 9th 2015
15387 Comments


"why should she have to fork out millions of dollars to some entitled jackass who's just trying to make a quick buck off of her? it's insulting and stupid and courts shouldn't even entertain it"
They don't have to, there's this nice thing called summary judgement.

Pangea
November 9th 2015
10508 Comments


no way he's gonna win this

Sevengill
November 9th 2015
11972 Comments


thread is the definition of unintentional self-parody
well, this thread and Kristen Stewart. but she's hot and this thread isn't.

Kronzo
November 9th 2015
1303 Comments


he's gonna get a solid settlement

Sevengill
November 9th 2015
11972 Comments


I hope she gets the pants sued off her
for obvious reasons

Tunaboy45
November 9th 2015
18422 Comments


The song is boring as hell but you'd have to be a sad cunt to actually sue

treeqt.
November 9th 2015
16970 Comments


ya i HATE money

ShitsofRain
November 9th 2015
8257 Comments


haters gonna hate

ConcubinaryCode
November 9th 2015
7541 Comments


"I hope she gets the pants sued off her
for obvious reasons"

To see her pantsless?

deathschool
November 9th 2015
28621 Comments


I'm still in the process of suing qt.

Spec
November 9th 2015
39395 Comments


what a dipshit

PunchedPeach72
November 9th 2015
377 Comments


he's prob going to get his ass metaphorically kicked by the unrelenting horde of T Swizzle fans

PunchedPeach72
November 9th 2015
377 Comments


lmfao treeqt. you gave crj a 5.

dawg I dislike that album but you aren't in much of a position to criticize someone else's ratings tbqh

Sevengill
November 9th 2015
11972 Comments


"To see her pantsless?"

ding ding ding

SharkTooth
November 9th 2015
14921 Comments


Apparently "haters gonna hate" Was first used by 3lw in a song from 2000, if anything they should be suing the guy who filed lawsuit

kukimonge
November 9th 2015
7 Comments


shieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

Ashen
November 10th 2015
1543 Comments


treeqt was likely completely unaware of his 5ing of crj, so reminding him 3x in every thread he comments in is resourceful and helpful

alienobserver
November 10th 2015
4499 Comments


PunchedPeach72

Asdfp277
November 10th 2015
24275 Comments


RadicalEd learn to read I'm embarrassed

ScuroFantasma
Emeritus
November 10th 2015
11971 Comments


"The suit asserts that lyrics of Swift's chorus ("Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play / And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate") are similar to his lyrics, "Haters gonna hate / players gonna play."


Hahahaha. This is ridiculous.

ScuroFantasma
Emeritus
November 10th 2015
11971 Comments


"He said he didn't notice the alleged similarity until he saw Swift perform her hit on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. When he contacted Sony and Swift's record label, Big Machine, he demanded to be named a writer on Swift's song, and asked for a selfie with her.

When her people blew him off, he sued, on Oct. 28 in Los Angeles. He is representing himself, according to the lawsuit, which contains handwritten content and is clearly not the work of a professional lawyer."

this is hilariously amazing. Songs sound nothing alike at all.

Sowing
Moderator
November 10th 2015
43943 Comments


Stuff like this happens every year. There's always someone trying to make a quick fortune.

Sowing
Moderator
November 10th 2015
43943 Comments


Also, nobody threatens by Tay Tay Swizzle

guitarded_chuck
November 10th 2015
18070 Comments


well in that case this isnt even news

Aftertheascension
November 10th 2015
3564 Comments


It's a music related happening. It's news.

BlacKapes
November 10th 2015
1962 Comments


nah the mods almost always delete my new buckethead album news

guitarded_chuck
November 10th 2015
18070 Comments


"music related happening"

it's not

JAV
November 10th 2015
3545 Comments


Taylor Swift is the only music.

Ashen
November 10th 2015
1543 Comments


the constant sputnik t swift group masturbation is in full force i see. it's almost like she's something other than a fairly decent pop star, but alas

JAV
November 10th 2015
3545 Comments


She needs to get some more bf's so she can write about the struggles of being a rich white girl in love.

Hopelust
November 10th 2015
3613 Comments


"it's almost like she's something other than a fairly decent pop star, but alas"

You're right. It IS almost like that! In fact, I'd say it is just that, because she was the only artist to hit platinum status last year. Sounds like something other than 'fairly decent.'

KrazyKris
November 10th 2015
2749 Comments


So success equals quality now? When did that happen?

Hopelust
November 10th 2015
3613 Comments


When you're the only artist on Earth that hits platinum album sales, you're doing something right. She's grabbed the attention of millions the world over. That's just fact. Never saw myself liking Swift or anything she created but I got her album as a Christmas gift and I was pleasantly surprised.

KrazyKris
November 10th 2015
2749 Comments


I never said she didn't do SOMETHING right. But what that is, is up to debate. And seeing how lame that super-plastic and lifeless thing "1989" is, it wasn't the best something she did right.

magicuba
November 12th 2015
1447 Comments


Someone created an interesting mash up between the shake it off music video and videos with the pornstar crystal boid ( just saying).

Aftertheascension
November 12th 2015
3564 Comments


"When you're the only artist on Earth that hits platinum album sales, you're doing something right. She's grabbed the attention of millions the world over. "

That's because she makes simple music that takes the cognitive ability of an ant to understand and appreciate.

Doesn't mean it's good.

Sowing
Moderator
November 12th 2015
43943 Comments


I emailed Taylor Swift via her official site offering to be her lawyer. Response is pending.

SCREAM!
November 12th 2015
15755 Comments


Woa ascension man for once we agree on something

Hopelust
November 12th 2015
3613 Comments


"Doesn't mean it's good."

'Good' is subjective man. Being the only one on Earth in a specific year to go platinum isn't bad tho. I know that much.

Also, my comment was to make the point that she's something other than a fairly decent pop star, not to prove that the album is good.

magicuba
November 12th 2015
1447 Comments


well she's hot


Aftertheascension
November 12th 2015
3564 Comments


Music is only objective to a certain degree.

The quality of swizzle's music (and most pop for that matter) matters little. There's more focus put on to the music videos, album art and public persona of the artist instead of their actual music.

Hopelust
November 12th 2015
3613 Comments


"Music is only objective to a certain degree."

What are you talking about? Do you even know? I said 'good' is subjective. Now you're saying music is only objective to a certain degree.

I'm done here.


JAV
November 12th 2015
3545 Comments


Looks like the suit was dismissed everyone can calm down now.



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