Shape of You: Sheeran slams ‘baseless’ lawsuits after victory in ‘Shape Of You’ case

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LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - British singer Ed Sheeran said baseless copyright claims were damaging the music industry after he won a case at the High Court in London on Wednesday over whether a refrain in his 2017 mega hit 'Shape Of You' had been lifted from another artist.

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 on Wednesday over whether a refrain in his 2017 mega hit"Shape Of You" had been lifted from another artist.

The judge, Antony Zacaroli, concluded there was no evidence that Sheeran had thought of writing the hit before October 2016. 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.

“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.”

 

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