Taylor Swift Must Face ‘Shake It Off’ Case After Remand (2)

A Los Angeles federal court ruling that Taylor Swift must face claims that her hit “Shake It Off” infringed the copyright in a 2001 song demonstrates how tough it is to resolve copyright complaints quickly.

Swift’s latest arguments to exit the case before the discovery, while “somewhat distinct,” were “indisputably interrelated” to one the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California said.

The lower court had dismissed songwriters Sean Hall’s and Nathan Butler’s claim in 2018, finding the lyrics not original enough to protect. But the Ninth Circuit ...