Ed Sheeran

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Don't Judge Me - written by FKA twigs, Fred again.. Mother - written by Cleo Sol and Dean 'Inflo' Josiah Cover, performed by Cleo Sol "I am full of admiration for the 77 talented songwriters and composers we are celebrating this year," she said.

Adele, Ed Sheeran and Dave are among some of the biggest names in music who have been nominated for this year's Ivor Novello Awards.

Shaznay Lewis, an Ivor Novello Award winner and judge for The Ivors, said: "It’s been a standout year for music and I am full of admiration for the 77 talented songwriters and composers we are celebrating this year. Multi-award winning singer Adele has also been nominated for the best song musically and lyrically award for her hit track Easy On Me – which won the 2022 Brit Award for British single. He has also received a nod in the songwriter of the year category alongside Adele, Coldplay, Dave and Raye.

English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has won a high-profile court battle with a man who accused him of plagiarism. Sami Chokri, who performs under the name ...

“This victory for Sheeran and his co-writers will embolden songwriters and artists that there is a viable route to successfully defending such claims where, even if there are similarities between songs, the legal test for establishing ‘copying’ has not been met.” “With such claims increasingly commonplace, artists have been faced with a dilemma as to whether they should settle claims – even if potentially unmeritorious – or face the prospect of risky, costly and time-consuming litigation. James Griffiths, director in the dispute resolution department at DWF in Belfast, said: “This judgment is a major boost for more prominent songwriters and artists, who in recent years have been on the receiving end of an increasing number of claims for copyright infringement.

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The stress of going to trial also hurts creativity, means less time to make music and takes an emotional toll, they said. “It is so painful to hear someone publicly and aggressively challenge your integrity,’’ the trio said. Andrew Sutcliffe, the lawyer for the co-writers of “Oh Why,’’ argued that there was an “indisputable similarity between the works.” He claimed that Sheeran had “Oh Why” in his head “consciously or unconsciously” when “Shape of You” was written in 2016.

Grammy Award-winning songwriter Ed Sheeran won a U.K. copyright battle over his 2017 hit "Shape of You" on Wednesday.

"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. Andrew Sutcliffe, the lawyer for the co-writers of "Oh Why,″ argued that there was an "indisputable similarity between the works."

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.”

The singer said legal challenges are “way too common”, as a judge ruled his 2017 hit did not infringe another artist's song.

This really does have to end.” Musicology experts gave contrasting views at the trial over whether Shape Of You has “significant similarities” or is “distinctively different” from Oh Why. But Mr Mill said the Shape Of You co-writers were clear they had “no preconceived ideas” when they went into the studio. In his ruling, Mr Justice Zacaroli said his analysis of the musical elements of Shape Of You and its writing process “provide compelling evidence that the Oh I phrase originated from sources other than Oh Why”. The pair alleged an “Oh I” hook in Shape Of You is “strikingly similar” to an “Oh Why” refrain in their own track. The judge said arguments that Sheeran had previously heard Oh Why were “speculative”, and he rejected allegations the star is a “magpie” who “habitually deliberately copies and conceals the work of other songwriters”.

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Ed Sheeran's 2017 hit Shape Of You does not infringe another artist's copyright, a High Court judge in the UK has ruled.

The statement continued: "It is so painful to hear someone publicly, and aggressively, challenge your integrity. Following the ruling, Sheeran, McDaid and McCutcheon, said in a statement: "We are grateful that Mr Justice Zacaroli has delivered a clear and considered judgment which supports the position we have argued from the outset. It doesn't matter how successful something appears to be, we still respect it." The pair alleged that an "Oh I" hook in Shape Of You is "strikingly similar" to an "Oh Why" refrain in their own track. We have always sought to clear or to acknowledge our influences and collaborators. We did not copy the defendants' song.