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Ed Sheeran has won his 'Shape of You' copyright trial. The 31-year-old pop star was taken to court by grime artist Sami Chokri, who claimed that the melody of the 2017 smash hit is "strikingly similar" to that of his 2015 song 'Oh Why', but a judge ruled on Wednesday (06.04.22) that Ed and his collaborators, Johnny McDaid and Steven McCutcheon, had not plagiarised the earlier hit. Judge Antony Zacaroli acknowledged there were "similarities between the one-bar phrase" in 'Shape of You' and 'Oh Why' but said "such similarities are only a starting point for a possible infringement" of copyright. ...
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Ed Sheeran has found the 'Shape of You' copyright trial to be "deeply traumatising". The 31-year-old pop star has been taken to court by grime artist Sami Chokri who claims that the melody of the smash hit is "strikingly similar" to that of his 2015 song 'Oh Why' and Ed and his team have been badly affected by the accusation and case, according to his lawyer. Ian Mill QC told the High Court: "[The case] has been deeply traumatising [for Ed and his co-writers.] It is terribly, terribly unfortunate. This case should never have got to trial. My clients are entitled to be vindicated." The 'Thinkin...
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Ed Sheeran has denied "borrowing" music from other artists. The 'Bad Habits' hitmaker took to the stand at the High Court in London on Monday (07.03.22) as part of a copyright claim over his 2017 hit 'Shape of You'. Ed is in a dispute with musicians Sami Chokri – a grime artist who performs under the name Sami Switch - and Ross O'Donoghue, who allege that the track infringes "particular lines and phrases" from their song 'Oh Why', which was released in 2015. Barrister Andrew Sutcliffe QC, acting for the musical duo, claimed that Ed "borrows ideas and throws them into his songs, sometimes he wi...
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