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The British pop star and his co-writers, Snow Patrol's John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon, had denied allegations that the song copied part of 2015's 'Oh Why' by Sami Chokri, who performs under the name Sami Switch
This is not the first time the song has been compared to another. In 2017, Sheeran gave credit to Kandi Burruss and others who wrote "No Scrubs," because his song sounded similar.
Ed Sheeran has won a High Court battle over whether his 2017 hit Shape of You copied another artist’s song.
LONDON (AP) — Grammy Award-winning songwriter Ed Sheeran won a U.K. copyright battle over his 2017 hit “Shape of You" on Wednesday, then slammed what he described as a “culture" of baseless lawsuits intended to squeeze money out of artists eager to avoid the expense of a trial.
British singer ‘neither deliberately nor subconsciously’ copied a phrase from song by Sami Chokri, judge says