Ed Sheeran wins court battle over Shape of You plagiarism accusation
by Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5XWH2)
British singer neither deliberately nor subconsciously' copied a phrase from song by Sami Chokri, judge says
Ed Sheeran has won a high court battle over whether he plagiarised another artist's track for his hit single Shape of You, the most streamed song in Spotify's history.
At a trial last month, Sheeran and his Shape Of You co-writers, Snow Patrol's John McDaid and producer Steve McCutcheon, faced accusations that they ripped off the 2015 song Oh Why by Sami Chokri and Ross O'Donoghue.
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