Ed Sheeran Won Copyright Case Of "Shape Of You" And Awarded $1.1 Million

Ed Sheeran Won Copyright Case Of "Shape Of You" And Awarded $1.1 Million

Ed Sheeran win the copywrite case of "Shape Of You" and awarded $1.1 Million.

The "Shape of You" Singer, Ed Sheeran, won his High Court copyright battle after a high profile trial in England over his 2017 single “Shape of You”.

The court judge ruled, 

“neither deliberately nor subconsciously” copied a phrase from “Oh Why”.

Sheeran said in a video statement on his official twitter account,

“While 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 if 60,000 songs are being released every day on Spotify.”

“I don’t want to take anything away from the pain and hurt suffered by both sides of this case, but I just want to say that I’m not an entity. I’m not a corporation. I’m a human being. I’m a father. I’m a husband. I’m a son. Lawsuits are not a pleasant experience and I hope with this ruling it means in the future baseless claims like this can be avoided.”

Chokri, a grime artist and his co-writer Ross O’Donoghue sued Sheeran, McDaid and Mac for copyright infringement over alleged similarities between the two songs. 

Watch Sheeran's video statement.

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