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That would be a win. do you mean ways of trying to find a way through some of these things without it going to court, to arbitrate orto...? well, i think there's obvious holes in the system at the moment. if i can go to a musicologist and get a report and then take that report to a society, and then they freeze someone's income based on that, that's a problem. it's a problem because it creates — not in this case, specifically, just in the wider scheme of things — it creates a culture where it can be used as a threat. and i think that is where we have to be having conversations with societi...

Now this case is over? i'm happy it's over. i'm happy we can move on and get back to writing songs. and, yeah, i'mjust... all of it makes me sad, all of it. johnny, personalstrain the last few years, fighting this through? yeah, an extraordinary strain. and i think it seems to be the case across the board and on all sides. this is really not a fun process and it's not why we got into this. it's not why we got into making music. so while there's relief, it's also going to need time to integrate what went on. you've got some sympathy for sami chokri in this too, that you've all been through this...

And i think we feel really grateful that the system in this instance offered us a chance to be heard, and it offered the other side a chance to be heard, because we believe that that's necessary moving forward. everybody deserves to have a voice. everybody deserves to be heard in this. i think we were really lucky to have the judge we had in this case, who was exceptionally musical, probably the most musical person in the room. i mean, in terms of his technicality and his ability to navigate the nuance of this case. there were questions that he asked of the musicologists that were beyond my un...

# i'm in love with your body...#. and his 2017 song shape of you, co—written with his regular songwriting partners johnny mcdaid and steve mac, remains the most streamed song on spotify ever, with over three billion streams to date. but the song led to another lawsuit for sheeran. this time, the grime artist sami chokri claimed that sheeran had borrowed a refrain from chokri's song, 0h why, for shape of you. chokri demanded a songwriting credit, and the uk's official music licensing body barred sheeran and his co—writers from claiming millions of pounds in royalties until the dispute was s...

And we were given two options and we chose the option that was integral to us. and johnny, obviously, you've done collaborations of all kinds. you've got snow patrol, you're working across the industry. what do you think was at stake for you as a writer in bringing this case? well, one of the most important parts of the songwriting process for us is that there's a sacred space, one we can trust. and we need to be able to lean into that space and make music freely and honourably. but to do it in a way where we can express ourselves from the heart, without having to constantly check to match a s...