LONDON, April 6 — British singer Ed Sheeran said baseless copyright claims were damaging the music industry after he won a case at the High Court in London today over whether a refrain in his 2017 mega hitSheeran had been involved in a legal battle with grime artist Sami Chokri, who performs as Sami Switch, and music producer Ross O’Donoghue, who had argued the hook from“Whilst we’re obviously happy with the result I feel like claims like this are way too common now and it’s become a culture...
The judge, Antony Zacaroli, concluded there was no evidence that Sheeran had thought of writing the hit before October 2016. “While there are similarities between the OW Hook and the OI Phrase, there are also significant differences,” the judge concluded.Sheeran had faced lengthy questioning about his work during last month’s trial, with accusations from the lawyer for Chokri and O’Donoghue that he simply altered other artists’ music and words to pass their work off as his own.song he was accused of ripping off.
“There’s only so many notes and very few chords used in pop music, coincidence is bound to happen,” Sheeran said today. “I just want to say: I’m not an entity, I’m not a corporation, I’m a human being and a father and a husband and a son. Lawsuits are not a pleasant experience and I hope that this ruling means in the future baseless claims like this can be avoided.” — Reuters
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