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Ed Sheeran Wins Copyright Lawsuit

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This is an update to Did Ed Sheeran rip “Shape of You” chorus from Sami Switch?

Ed Sheeran made it out of this one and the courts are on his side.

According to Variety:

A U.K. High Court ruled on Wednesday that Sheeran had not plagiarised the 2015 song “Oh Why” by Sami Chokri.

In his ruling, Judge Antony Zacaroli said that Sheeran had “neither deliberately nor subconsciously copied” Chokri’s work. He added that there were “similarities between the one-bar phrase” in “Shape of You” and “Oh Why,” saying, “such similarities are only a starting point for a possible infringement” of copyright.

After studying both songs, Zacaroli concluded that there were “differences between the relevant parts” of the songs, which “provide compelling evidence that the ‘Oh I’ phrase” in “Shape of You “originated from sources other than ‘Oh Why.’”

Have a listen to both choruses right here:

More Ed Sheeran Soundalikes here:

Ed Sheeran, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill sued for “The Rest of Our Life” (Settled)

Ed Sheeran being sued for Thinking Out Loud

Ed Sheeran Being Sued $20M for Photograph

Ed Sheeran vs. Yacht vs. The Rolling Stones

Full songs on YouTube here:

Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (Official Music Video)

 

Did Ed Sheeran rip “Shape of You” chorus from Sami Switch?

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While UK courts are evaluating whether Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” (2017) is a blatant lift of Sam Chokri’s (aka Sami Switch) song “Oh Why” (2015)  Sheeran’s royalties for his hit are suspended. This isn’t the first time Sheeran has appeared on this site. Check out the bottom of this post for more.

“Ed Sheeran has been blocked from receiving any royalties for his monster hit ‘Shape of You’, after he was accused of “appropriating” other people’s music.

The global star is facing fresh allegations which accuse him of partaking “consciously or subconsciously in the habit of appropriating the compositional skill and labour of other songwriters”.

While Sheeran has denied the claims, High Court documents cite musician Sam Chokri – who is battling Sheeran over claims that the singer ripped off the chorus for ‘Shape Of You’ from Chokri’s 2015 song ‘Oh Why’.

Chokri claims that he sent the track to Sheeran’s close inner circle in a bid to work with the star, but later heard the chorus on ‘Shape Of You’ – which became the biggest selling single of 2017 in the UK and generated an estimated £20 million in revenues.

Read more atNME

Have a listen to both choruses right here:

More Ed Sheeran Soundalikes here:

Ed Sheeran, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill sued for “The Rest of Our Life” (Settled)

Ed Sheeran being sued for Thinking Out Loud

Ed Sheeran Being Sued $20M for Photograph

Ed Sheeran vs. Yacht vs. The Rolling Stones

Full songs on YouTube here:

Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (Official Music Video)

 

Ed Sheeran, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill sued for “The Rest of Our Life” (Settled)

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UPDATE 11/13/2018:

Sounds like this one is all wrapped up. According to The Sydney Morning Herald:

A lawyer for the songwriters said all parties have agreed in principle to settle the case, and have it dismissed in 30 days if all “final issues” are resolved.

The settlement was disclosed in a letter filed on Thursday night with the US District Court in Manhattan. – Australian songwriters settle copyright suit with Ed Sheeran

Here’s the original post:

Hollywood Reporter posted on 1/10/2018 that, “Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, who together released a song in October [2017] titled ‘The Rest of Our Life,’ along with Ed Sheeran who is credited with co-writing this tune, have all been hauled into court in the latest copyright lawsuit targeting a chart-topper.”  The similarities seem pretty obvious to me. As you can see by the links at the bottom of this post, this isn’t the first time Ed Sheeran made news on this site.

Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Ed Sheeran – “The Rest of Our Life” (2017)

Tim McGraw, Faith Hill - The Rest of Our Life (Official Video)

Jasmine Rae – When I Found You (2015)

Jasmine Rae - When I Found You (Official Music Video)

YouTube user ThePermuted uploaded a version with them mixed on top of each other.

The Rest Of Our Life vs When I Found You (synced audio mix) - Ed Sheeran rips off Jasmine Rae!

The complaint was filed on Wednesday in New York federal court by Sean Carey and Beau Golden, two Australians who say the McGraw/Hill track is “blatant copying” of their own 2014 song, “When I Found You.”

“The copying is, in many instances, verbatim, note-for-note copying of original elements of the Song, and is obvious to the ordinary observer,” states the complaint.

Richard Busch, who successfully won a trial for the family of Marvin Gaye in the “Blurred Lines” lawsuit, is representing the plaintiff. The Nashville-based attorney previously took on Sheeran in a $20 million copyright lawsuit over another hit, “Photograph.” That case ended in a settlement that resulted in two suing songwriters being added to credits and gaining a significant share of royalties.

Now, with song theft allegations continuing to draw great attention (see the fuss this week over how the publisher of Radiohead’s “Creep” is making legal demands over Lana Del Rey’s “Get Free”), three music superstars along with co-writers Johnny McDaid and Amy Wadge as well as music industry giants Sony/ATV, Universal Polygram, WB Music plus others must respond to new charges of ripping off material. In this case, it’s alleged that the copying was fully known by employees of Sony Music.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/ed-sheeran-penned-song-tim-mcgraw-is-target-copyright-lawsuit-1073696

You can download a PDF of the official New York District Court filing here which includes some notated examples like this:

 

See Also

Ed Sheeran being sued for “Thinking Out Loud”

Ed Sheeran Being Sued $20M for Photograph

Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran vs. Elvis Presley

Ed Sheeran vs. Yacht vs. The Rolling Stones

Marvin Gaye family awarded $7.4M in Blurred Lines Trial

 

 

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