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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Laura Snapes

Ed Sheeran denies ‘borrowing’ ideas from unknown songwriters without credit

Ed Sheeran arrives at court for the copyright trial.
Ed Sheeran arrives at court for the copyright trial. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Ed Sheeran has denied “borrowing” ideas from unknown songwriters without credit.

The musician, 31, is in the high court facing accusations of copying parts of his 2017 hit Shape of You from Oh Why, a 2015 song written by Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue and performed by Chokri under the alias Sami Switch.

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