The English singer-songwriter and his co-songwriters on the Grammy-winning track scored a victory this weekend after a lengthy copyright court case.
Chokri and O'Donoghue then followed up with their own claim, countering that Sheeran had intentionally stolen the refrain from their song. The Justice added that Chokri and O’Donoghue “not only maintained their attack on Mr Sheeran but broadened it by asserting that he was a 'magpie' who habitually misappropriated song ideas from other writers.” Ed Sheeran and his co-songwriters on ' Shape Of You,’ the 2017 Grammy-winning pop track, have been awarded over €1 million in legal costs after winning their UK High Court copyright trial.
Ed Sheeran has scored a second victory in his recent copyright trial after a British judge awarded the singer over $1.1 million in costs.
Chokri’s legal team had argued that, through a publicity campaign and mutual friends including SBTV founder Jamal Edwards ( who unexpectedly died shortly before the trial), Sheeran had had the opportunity to listen to – and plagiarize – Chokri’s track. It’s really damaging to the songwriting industry.” There is no dispute as to this: [Sheeran] undoubtedly won and won on every substantial point.”
Ed Sheeran and his two 'Shape of You' co-writers have been awarded over £900000 in legal costs after winning their copyright case.
Sheeran won a High Court copyright trial ruling whether 'Shape of You' was plagiarised from Sami' Chokri's 'Oh Why'
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English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and his co-writers have been awarded over £900,000 in legal costs as an interim payment following his success in a high- ...
Sheeran and his co-claimants have now been awarded an interim payment of account of costs of £916,200 by the judge, the Law Gazette reports. English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and his co-writers have been awarded over £900,000 in legal costs as an interim payment following his success in a high-profile court battle with a man who accused him of plagiarism. Ed Sheeran awarded £900,000 interim costs payment following copyright case win
Sheeran was accused by Sami Chokri and Ross O'Donoghue of being partly inspired by their title "Oh Why" for his biggest hit.
But he is also a magpie," he added. "Mr. Sheeran is undoubtedly very talented, he is a genius. They accused him of being partly inspired by their track "Oh Why" for the melody of his smash hit 'Shape Of You', the best-selling song in the world in 2017.
Sheeran and his collaborators Johnny McDaid and Steven McCutcheon were accused of ripping off the earlier track 'Oh Why', by singer Sami Chokri, when they wrote ...
Having concluded that the Chokri side should cover the Sheeran side’s costs, there is then a discussion in Zacaroli’s judgement as to what those costs should be, and some accompanying maths with a few deductions being made along the way. It was actually the Sheeran side that went legal first in this dispute, albeit only after the Chokri side had claimed ‘Shape Of You’ infringed ‘Oh Why’ and had logged a dispute with collecting society PRS which resulted in a portion of the ‘Shape Of You’ royalties being frozen. But, he goes on, “I do not accept that there was any obligation on the claimants to go this far, which would have necessitated making the kind of searches required in a full disclosure exercise. With that ruling made, the next matter to be dealt with was legal costs. Sheeran and his collaborators Johnny McDaid and Steven McCutcheon were accused of ripping off the earlier track ‘Oh Why’, by singer Sami Chokri, when they wrote ‘Shape Of You’ in autumn 2016. In the end the judge hearing the case, Antony Zacaroli, ruled very much in Sheeran’s favour.
English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and his co-writers have been awarded over £900,000 in legal costs as an interim payment following his success in a ...
Sheeran and his co-claimants have now been awarded an interim payment of account of costs of £916,200 by the judge, the Law Gazette reports. English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and his co-writers have been awarded over £900,000 in legal costs as an interim payment following his success in a high-profile court battle with a man who accused him of plagiarism. Ed Sheeran awarded £900,000 interim costs payment following copyright case win