Ed Sheeran lawsuit

2022 - 4 - 6

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Ed Sheeran Speaks Out After Winning “Shape of You” Copyright ... (Complex)

The UK singer-songwriter addressed the victory on social media Wednesday, saying he hoped the ruling means “future baseless claims like this can be avoided.

I’m a son. I’m a husband. I’m a father.

Ed Sheeran wins 'Shape of You' copyright lawsuit: 'Coincidence is ... (Globalnews.ca)

A judge ruled Ed Sheeran had not plagiarized his hit song 'Shape of You,' despite accusations he stole a melody from Sami Switch's 2015 song, 'Oh Why.'

I’m a human being, I’m a father, I’m a husband, I’m a son.” “It is so painful to hear someone publicly and aggressively challenge your integrity,” the three songwriters said in a statement. According to the BBC, while on the witness stand, the star was often abrupt as he explained how he shared royalties with writers who inspired him. “It is so painful to have to defend yourself against accusations that you have done something that you haven’t done, and would never do.” During the trial, Sheeran also sang Nina Simone’s Feeling Good and Blackstreet’s No Diggity in an attempt to prove the melody he was accused of stealing was commonly used in pop music. Sheeran also argued that this has “become a culture where a claim is made with the idea that settlement will be cheaper than taking it to court, even if there’s no base of the claim.”

Ed Sheeran wins a copyright battle over 'Shape of You' (NPR)

The songwriter slammed what he described as a "culture" of baseless lawsuits intended to squeeze money out of artists eager to avoid the expense of a trial.

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Ed Sheeran Defeats “Shape of You” Plagiarism Lawsuit (Pitchfork)

Sheeran did not copy the British songwriter Sami Chokri in writing the song's hook, a judge ruled.

After the verdict, Sheeran said on social media that “coincidences are bound to happen if 60,000 songs are released every day on Spotify,” adding that he is “not a corporation.” It was revealed during the trial that Sheeran has written 25 songs with the National’s Aaron Dessner, as the BBC’s Mark Savage noted.

Ed Sheeran Calls Plagiarism Lawsuits 'Damaging' to Songwriting ... (Vulture)

Ed Sheeran won a lawsuit by singer Sami Chokri accusing him of plagiarizing his song “Oh Why” for “Shape of You.” The singer posted a Twitter video ...

“There’s only so many notes and very few chords used in pop music. The judge ruled that Sheeran and his co-writers John McDaid and Steven McCutcheon had “neither deliberately nor subconsciously” copied Chokri’s song. What do Ed Sheeran and the Chainsmokers have in common?

This is not the first time the song has been compared to another. In 2017, Sheeran gave credit to Kandi Burruss and others who wrote "No Scrubs," because ...

Snow Patrol's John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon, who co-wrote the song, also denied having previously heard "Oh Why," according to BBC News. In a video posted on Instagram, Sheeran said he hadn't been able to talk about the suit as it was ongoing, and while he is happy with the result, claims like this are too common. "It's really damaging to the songwriting industry," said Sheeran. "There's only so many notes and very few chords used in pop music."