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Tristan Kirk

Ed Sheeran hits out at ‘baseless’ copyright claims after court victory

Ed Sheeran has called for an end to “baseless” copyright claims after his High Court victory over the creation of Shape of You, arguing they are “really damaging to the songwriting industry”.

The singer was vindicated on Wednesday morning when a judge ruled parts of his hit song had not been copied from a grime artist’s track, dismissing the legal claim as “speculative”.

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