Shake It Off copyright suit against Taylor Swift dropped

A lawsuit claiming Taylor Swift plagiarized lyrics for her 2014 number-one hit Shake It Off have been dropped by two lyricists.

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Federal court in Los Angeles was informed by Sean Hall and Nathan Butler that they will dismiss their 2017 case with prejudice.

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A trial in the case had been scheduled to begin Jan. 17.

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Hall and Butler used the phrases "playas, they gonna play, and haters, they gonna hate" in their song "Playas Gon' Play."

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Released in 2001, the song by R&B group 3LW debuted on the Billboard Hot 100.

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In August, Swift said in court that prior to writing Shake It Off, she had never heard the song by 3LW.

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