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Business News • 3 min read

CMU Digest 26.06.22: Four Tet, MegaUpload, Ed Sheeran, IMPALA, Jimi Hendrix

This week's digest covers the Four Tet and Domino royalty settlement, MegaUpload executives' guilty pleas, costs ordered against Sami Chokri in the Ed Sheeran case and more.…

Chris Cooke • 26 Jun 2022

Artist News • 3 min read

Ed Sheeran awarded £900,000+ costs following win in Shape Of You song-theft case

Ed Sheeran and his Shape Of You co-writers have been awarded over £900,000 in legal costs after winning the song-theft case brought by Sami Chokri.…

Chris Cooke • 22 Jun 2022

Ed Sheeran discusses impact of ‘Shape Of You litigation after winning song-theft battle

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Ed Sheeran • 6 min read

Ed Sheeran discusses impact of ‘Shape Of You litigation after winning song-theft battle

Ed Sheeran and his ‘Shape Of You’ collaborators yesterday issued a statement about the impact the legal battle over that…

Chris Cooke • 07 Apr 2022

Artist News • 2 min read

Shape Of You song-theft court case concludes

The Shape Of You song-theft case has concluded, with judge Antony Zacaroli now considering closing arguments on whether Ed Sheeran copied Sami Chokri's Oh Why.…

Chris Cooke • 23 Mar 2022

Artist News • 2 min read

Summing up begins in Shape Of You song-theft case

Closing arguments have begun in the Shape Of You song-theft case, with Ed Sheeran's lawyer calling the dispute deeply traumatising for his client.…

Chris Cooke • 22 Mar 2022

Artist News • 3 min read

Musicologists conclude that Shape Of You rips off Oh Why - or doesn’t - as Ed Sheeran song-theft case proceeds

Musicologists for each side in the Shape Of You case gave differing views on whether the similarities with 'Oh Why' are coincidental, with both agreeing on some phonetic points.…

Chris Cooke • 18 Mar 2022

Artist News • 4 min read

Ed Sheeran's song-theft accuser takes to the stand

Sami Chokri has testified in the High Court that he believes Ed Sheeran heard his song Oh Why before writing Shape Of You, dismissing suggestions that Jamal Edwards shared a copy.…

Chris Cooke • 15 Mar 2022

Artist News • 3 min read

Musical "magpie" Ed Sheeran is also a "music squirrel", says lawyer in Shape Of You song-theft case

In the Shape Of You song-theft case, Ed Sheeran testified about his creative process, while his accuser's lawyer called him a music squirrel who gathers ideas from other songs.…

Chris Cooke • 09 Mar 2022

Artist News • 4 min read

Ed Sheeran testifies in Shape Of You song-theft dispute

Ed Sheeran has told the High Court he is not a magpie who routinely takes elements of songs without permission, as the Shape Of You song-theft case continues.…

Chris Cooke • 08 Mar 2022

Artist News • 2 min read

Song-theft dispute over Ed Sheeran's Shape Of You set for 2022 court hearing

The London song-theft case over Ed Sheeran's 'Shape Of You', brought by Sami Chokri, has a full hearing set for 2022, after a judge criticised Sheeran's team's response to information requests.…

Chris Cooke • 29 Oct 2020