Ed Sheeran has won a copyright lawsuit over his 2017 smash hit single “Shape Of You.”
The British musician had been accused of copying parts of Sami Chokri’s 2015 track “Oh Why” during the high-profile case. Sheeran, along with co-writers Johnny McDaid and Steven McCutcheon, had denied the claims made by Chokri and his co-writer Ross O’Donoghue.
On Wednesday morning, Sheeran and his co-defendants were cleared of plagiarism in London’s High Court.
At the start of the 11-day trial, Sheeran was accused of being a “magpie,” who “borrows” musical ideas from others. The “magpie” tag went on to be used to refer to Sheeran in a number of videos across social media.
Moments after the verdict was revealed, Sheeran took to Twitter to share a video statement, in which he said that he hopes the case will lead to “future baseless claims like this” being avoided.
He said: “Whilst we’re obviously happy with the result, I feel like claims like this are way too common now and have become a culture where a claim is made with the idea that a settlement will be cheaper than taking it to court—even if there’s no base for the claim.
“It’s really damaging to the songwriting industry. There’s only so many notes and very few chords used in pop music. Coincidence is bound to happen when 60,000 songs are being released every day on Spotify. That’s 22 million songs a year. There’s only 12 notes that are available.”
“I don’t want to take anything away from the pain and hurt suffered from both sides of this case, but I just want to say I’m not an entity, I’m not a corporation, I’m a human being,” the star continued. “I’m a father, I’m a husband, I’m a son.
“Lawsuits are not a pleasant experience, and I hope that [with] this ruling, it means in the future baseless claims like this can be avoided. This really does have to end.”
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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Ed Sheeran Wins Copyright Lawsuit Despite Being Slammed as ‘Magpie’
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