Ed Sheeran wins his copyright trial. Here are 10 other hits that were accused of being copycats

In 2021, Donald Glover was sued for his song “This is America” as rapper Kidd Wes said the song plagiarized his own 2016 tune “Made in America.” This March, a New York federal court dismissed the case,The Verve was famously sued for their global 1997 hit “Bitter Sweet Symphony,” which used a sample of an orchestral version of the Rolling Stones’ song “The Last Time.” By the end of the dispute, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards got writing credits on the song and The Verve lost all their royalties.

Harrison was found to have “subconsciously” plagiarized the 1962 John Mack song “He’s So Fine” for his “My Sweet Lord.” “I conclude,” the judge said, that the composer, “in seeking musical materials to clothe his thought … there came to the surface of his mind a particular combination that pleased him as being one he felt would be appealing to a prospective listener.” Mr. Harrison’s subconscious mind, Judge Owen said, “knew this combination of sounds would work because it already had worked in a song his conscious mind did not remember.

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