Ed Sheeran

British singer 'neither deliberately nor subconsciously' copied a phrase from song by Sami Chokri, judge says.

There is an impact on both us and the wider circle of songwriters everywhere.” Sheeran also said his reputation had been sullied by the allegations. This really does have to end.” They said the case had come at a cost to “creativity” and their mental health. The judge said that while there were “similarities” between the one-bar phrase that repeats the words “Oh why” in Chokri’s song and the repetition of “Oh I” in Sheeran’s, such similarities are “only a starting point” for a copyright infringement claim, and there are also “significant differences” between the phrases in the songs. “There are only so many notes and very few chords used in pop music and coincidences are bound to happen if 60,000 songs are being released a day on Spotify, that is 22m songs a year, and there are only 12 notes that are available.”

A U.K. High Court ruled on Wednesday that Sheeran had not plagiarised the 2015 song “Oh Why” by Sami Chokri. In his ruling, Judge Antony Zacaroli said that ...

It is not the first time Sheeran has been sued over copyright infringement. In his ruling, Judge Antony Zacaroli said that Sheeran had “neither deliberately nor subconsciously copied” Chokri’s work. He added that there were “similarities between the one-bar phrase” in “Shape of You” and “Oh Why,” saying, “such similarities are only a starting point for a possible infringement” of copyright.

Criticising "damaging" copyright claims, Sheeran said: "There's only so many notes and very few chords used in pop music. Coincidence is bound to happen if ...

Let's continue to cultivate a spirit of community and creativity." This is not constructive or conducive to a culture of creativity." "It is so painful to hear someone publicly, and aggressively, challenge your integrity. "That is why we all got into this in the first place. They said: "There is a cost on creativity. Coincidence is bound to happen if 60,000 songs are being released every day on Spotify. That's 22 million songs a year."

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“It is so painful to hear someone publicly and aggressively challenge your integrity,'' the trio said. The stress of going to trial also hurts creativity, means less time to make music and takes an emotional toll, they said. The plaintiffs alleged that the refrain “Oh I, Oh I, Oh I” in the chorus of “Shape Of You" was “strikingly similar” to the line “Oh why, Oh why, Oh why” in their track.

The singer “neither deliberately, nor subconsciously” stole from another songwriter when writing his 2017 hit, a British judge ruled.

But Mr. Chokri, giving evidence, claimed that he knew Mr. Sheeran personally and that he had once met him at a branch of Nando’s, a chicken restaurant. He borrows ideas and throws them into his songs.” Mr. Sutcliffe claimed that Mr. Sheeran only sometimes credited the songwriters that he borrowed from. Their claim arose after Mr. Chokri and a co-author notified Britain’s Performing Rights Society, a body that pays song royalties, that they should be credited as songwriters on “Shape of You.” The society then suspended all payments to Mr. Sheeran and his co-writers. “Coincidences are bound to happen if 60,000 songs are released every day on Spotify.” Mr. Sheeran was in court throughout, and sang from the witness stand while giving evidence. During the hearing, Mr. Chorki’s legal team tried to portray Mr. Sheeran as a habitual plagiarist. At the case’s heart was a tiny portion of “Shape of You,” which topped charts worldwide and is one of the most streamed songs on Spotify with over three billion plays. Shortly after the judgment, Mr. Sheeran posted a clip on Instagram in which he said that “claims like this are way too common now.” “There were “only so many notes, and very few chords used in pop music,” he added. A lawyer for Mr. Sheeran told the court that Mr. Chokri’s song had received only 12,914 plays on YouTube in the two years following its release, and had been played only twice on British radio, meaning few people had a chance to hear it. Soon after Mr. Sheeran took action, Mr. Chokri and his co-author introduced their own legal claim, accusing Mr. Sheeran of copyright infringement. At one point in the trial, Mr. Sheeran’s legal team accidentally played one of his unreleased songs prompting Mr. Sheeran, shocked, to ask his legal team, “How did you get that?” according to a BBC News report. Justice Zacaroli, the judge overseeing the case, said “Mr. Sheeran neither deliberately nor subconsciously copied” the track “Oh Why,” by the British songwriter Sami Chokri.

In his ruling, the judge concluded that Sheeran “neither deliberately nor subconsciously” copied a phrase from “Oh Why” when writing “Shape of You,” as Sheeran ...

I’m a son. I’m a husband. I’m a father.

Le chanteur Ed Sheeran était poursuivi par deux artistes pour de très proches similarités avec une de leurs chansons. La justice britannique a rendu son ...

Aux États-Unis, les héritiers de la légende soul Marvin Gaye l’ont accusé de s’être un peu trop inspiré de Let’s Get It On pour son méga hit Thinking Out Loud. La star britannique de la pop Ed Sheeran n’a pas commis de plagiat pour son méga hit Shape of You, un des titres les plus écoutés au monde, a conclu mercredi la Haute Cour de Londres, déboutant deux auteurs-compositeurs qui l’avaient saisie. Le versement des droits d’auteur liés à Shape Of You, estimés à 20 millions de livres sterling (24 millions d’euros au taux actuel) selon le journal The Telegraph, ont été suspendus par l’organisme de gestion collective PRS.

La star britannique de la pop Ed Sheeran n'a pas commis de plagiat pour son méga succès «Shape of You», un des titres les plus écoutés au monde, a conclu ...

Ce n’est pas la première fois que l’artiste est poursuivi pour plagiat. En 2017, Ed Sheeran a aussi été l’artiste qui a vendu le plus d’albums au monde, selon la Fédération internationale de l’industrie phonographique (IFPI), avec son troisième album «Divide» qui inclut le simple «Shape Of You». La star britannique de la pop Ed Sheeran n’a pas commis de plagiat pour son méga succès «Shape of You», un des titres les plus écoutés au monde, a conclu mercredi la Haute Cour de Londres, déboutant deux auteurs-compositeurs.

Pop star Ed Sheeran won a copyright infringement battle over his hit single 'Shape of You' which he was accused of stealing from a U.K. grime artist.

Le chanteur de 31 ans a déclaré que ces plaintes contre des auteurs-compositeurs devenaient trop courantes et portaient préjudice à l'industrie de la ...

Ils avaient saisi en mai 2018 la Haute Cour pour que celle-ci reconnaisse qu'il n'y avait pas eu d'infraction aux droits d'auteur. Deux mois plus tard, en juillet, Chokri et O'Donoghue avaient à leur tour entamé une procédure judiciaire contre eux. «Il emprunte des idées et les jette dans ses chansons, parfois il le reconnaît, parfois pas», avait-il accusé: cela «dépend de qui vous êtes et s'il pense qu'il peut le faire en toute impunité». Pour l'avocat des plaignants, Andrew Sutcliffe, «la similarité» entre certains passages était «frappante», ils sont «presque identiques». «M. Sheeran est indubitablement très talentueux, c'est un génie. Mais c'est aussi une pie», avait-il ajouté en référence à l'oiseau qui est parfois accusé d'être voleur.

Après plusieurs années de procédures judiciaires de part et d'autre, la justice britannique a débouté mercredi les deux auteurs-compositeurs qui accusaient ...

Ce n'est pas la première fois que l'artiste est poursuivi pour plagiat. Ils avaient saisi en mai 2018 la Haute Cour pour que celle-ci reconnaisse qu'il n'y avait pas eu d'infraction aux droits d'auteur. Deux mois plus tard, en juillet, Chokri et O'Donoghue avaient à leur tour entamé une procédure judiciaire contre eux. Mercredi, la juridiction de première instance a débouté deux auteurs-compositeurs qui l'avaient saisie à ce sujet.

Accusé de plagiat pour son tube «Shape of You», le chanteur Ed Sheeran a ce mercredi 6 avril finalement été blanchi par la justice britannique.

Ce n'était pas la première fois qu' Ed Sheeran était poursuivi pour plagiat. C’est l’un des titres les plus écoutés au monde, et il y avait de fortes sommes d’argent en jeu. Selon le juge, il y a certes des «similarités évidentes» entre les deux chansons, avec une mélodie issue notamment de la gamme pentatonique mineure comme «d'innombrables chansons de la pop, rock, folk et blues», mais aussi des «différences importantes».

In a video posted after the ruling, Sheeran criticized the culture of “baseless” copyright claims after his case followed a number of similar claims against ...

That’s at least how many streams “Shape of You” has garnered on streaming service Spotify, more than any other song on the platform. The singer made $64 million in 2020, putting him at No. 23 on Forbes’ list of the world’s highest-paid celebrities that year. Taylor Swift is also set to face a jury trial over claims she stole elements of her hit track “Shake It Off.” The case culminated in an 11-day trial in London in March, where Sheeran was branded a musical “magpie” who “habitually copies” other artists. Katy Perry initially lost a case alleging she stole music for her track “Dark Horse,” though this was overtuned in March after a judge said the melody was not "particularly unique or rare." There has been a particular upward trend in cases since 2015, however, when a U.S. jury found Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams guilty of copying the "feel" of Marvin Gaye's “Got To Give It Up” in “Blurred Lines,” one of the biggest songs of 2013.

A judge ruled Ed Sheeran had not plagiarized his hit song 'Shape of You,' despite accusations he stole a melody from Sami Switch's 2015 song, 'Oh Why.'

I’m a human being, I’m a father, I’m a husband, I’m a son.” “It is so painful to hear someone publicly and aggressively challenge your integrity,” the three songwriters said in a statement. According to the BBC, while on the witness stand, the star was often abrupt as he explained how he shared royalties with writers who inspired him. “It is so painful to have to defend yourself against accusations that you have done something that you haven’t done, and would never do.” During the trial, Sheeran also sang Nina Simone’s Feeling Good and Blackstreet’s No Diggity in an attempt to prove the melody he was accused of stealing was commonly used in pop music. Sheeran also argued that this has “become a culture where a claim is made with the idea that settlement will be cheaper than taking it to court, even if there’s no base of the claim.”

Le chanteur et ses coauteurs étaient accusés d'avoir copié une partie d'une chanson sortie en 2015 pour composer « Shape of You » deux ans plus tard.

Le juge a considéré qu’il s’agissait de « spéculations », comme le relaye la BBC, et que, pour lui, Ed Sheeran « n’a pas entendu » le morceau en question. (…) La coïncidence arrivera avec 60.000 chansons qui sortent chaque jour sur Spotify. Ça fait 22 millions de chansons par an et il y a seulement 12 notes disponibles », a ajouté Ed Sheeran, reprenant les chiffres de la plateforme de streaming. Le juge de la Haute Cour de Londres, Antony Zacaroli, a estimé que le chanteur britannique n’avait « ni délibérément ni inconsciemment copié » la chanson de son confrère. Lors du procès, qui a duré onze jours en mars, Sami Chokri avait avancé qu’il était impossible qu’Ed Sheeran n’ait pas écouté son titre, ayant de nombreux contacts en commun et alors qu’il avait tout fait pour lui faire parvenir la chanson.

Grammy Award-winning songwriter Ed Sheeran won a U.K. copyright battle over his 2017 hit Shape of You on Wednesday, then slammed what he described as a ...

"It is so painful to hear someone publicly and aggressively challenge your integrity," the trio said. He claimed that Sheeran had Oh Why in his head "consciously or unconsciously" when Shape of You was written in 2016. The stress of going to trial also hurts creativity, means less time to make music and takes an emotional toll, they said.

British musician Ed Sheeran has won a high-profile copyright case over his 2017 hit song "Shape of You."

La star britannique de la pop Ed Sheeran n'a pas commis de plagiat pour son méga succès «Shape of You», un des titres les plus écoutés au monde, a conclu ...

Ce n’est pas la première fois que l’artiste est poursuivi pour plagiat. En 2017, Ed Sheeran a aussi été l’artiste qui a vendu le plus d’albums au monde, selon la Fédération internationale de l’industrie phonographique (IFPI), avec son troisième album «Divide» qui inclut le simple «Shape Of You». La star britannique de la pop Ed Sheeran n’a pas commis de plagiat pour son méga succès «Shape of You», un des titres les plus écoutés au monde, a conclu mercredi la Haute Cour de Londres, déboutant deux auteurs-compositeurs.