{"id":6793,"date":"2022-04-07T15:11:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T15:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synchedin.com\/blog\/?p=6793"},"modified":"2022-04-07T15:11:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T15:11:58","slug":"sheeran-wins-shape-of-you-copyright-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/blog\/sheeran-wins-shape-of-you-copyright-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Shape of You Copyright Case Won by Ed Sheeran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ed Sheeran has hit out at “baseless claims” after finally winning the Shape of You<\/em> copyright case that began in 2018. Learn more here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pop sensation and RouteNote Licensing artist, Ed Sheeran<\/a> has won a lengthy court battle, in which the singer was accused of plagiarism. Artist Sami Chokri believed that Sheeran had copied his track Oh Why <\/em>when penning the 2017 number 1 single, Shape of You. <\/em>The grime artist, who performs under the name Sami Switch, claimed that the “Oh I” hook in Shape of You <\/em> was incredibly similar to an “Oh why” refrain in his. A long court case, which led many to reflect on plagiarism in music, ensued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, a judge ruled that Sheeran had not plagiarised Chokri’s song, which was released in 2015. Since then, Sheeran has made a statement he shared on social media showing his relief that the case was finally over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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