Singer Ed Sheeran wins Shape of You copyright dispute
Ed Sheeran on Wednesday won his copyright trial at London's High Court after a judge ruled that his hit song Sheeran called the lawsuit"damaging to the songwriting industry" in a video statement after the outcome had been announced., released in 2017, remains the most-streamed song ever on Spotify, with more than three billion streams.
But two other songwriters, Sami Chokri and Ross O'Donoghue, alleged that the song had musical similarities to one they wrote calledSheeran said he was"obviously happy" with the result, but added that"baseless" copyright claims were"damaging to the songwriting industry." "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," he added.Sheeran and the song's other credited writers launched legal action against Chokri and McDaid in 2018, asking the High Court to declare they had not infringed Chokri and O'Donoghue's copyright.
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