The singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has hit out at “baseless claims” of plagiarism after winning a copyright battle in a U.K. court over his hit single “Shape of You,” the only song to top 3 billion streams on Spotify. Sheeran and his two co-writers had been accused of copying parts of 2015’s ’“Oh Why,” by Sami Switch, but a judge rejected the claim on Wednesday. In a video posted on Instagram, Sheeran complained of a trend in which claims are “made with the idea that a settlement will be cheaper than taking it to court, even if there’s no basis for the claim.” He went on: “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. That’s 22 million songs a year and there’s only 12 notes that are available... I hope that this ruling, it means that in the future baseless claims like this can be avoided. This really does have to end.”
Read it at BBC NewsEntertainment
Ed Sheeran Slams ‘Baseless Claims’ After Winning Copyright Battle
‘ONLY SO MANY NOTES’
The singer-songwriter had been sued for plagiarism over his 2017 hit “The Shape of You,” Spotify's most-streamed song ever.
Trending Now