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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Pilgrim

Ed Sheeran wins High Court copyright battle over Shape Of You hit

PA Wire

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

At a trial last month, the singer and his Shape Of You co-writers, Snow Patrol’s John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon, faced accusations that they ripped off the 2015 song Oh Why by Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue.

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