Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid and Steve Mac have emerged victorious in the 10-day trial that accused them of copying a song by grime artist Sami Chokri for “Shape of You.” In a video on Instagram, Sheeran hit out at “baseless claims.”
A judge ruled today that the 2017 hit “Shape of You” had “neither deliberately nor subconsciously copied” Chokri’s “Oh Why,” which was self-released in 2015 under his artist name Sami Switch.
In the lawsuit, Chokri claimed that a hook in Sheeran’s hit was strikingly similar to a refrain in his own. While acknowledging similarities between the phrase in question, judge Antony Zacaroli said that’s only a “starting point” for a possible infringement of copyright and differences in other parts of the songs provide “compelling evidence” that Sheeran didn’t copy Chokri.
Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid and Steve Mac have emerged victorious in the 10-day trial that accused them of copying a song by grime artist Sami Chokri for “Shape of You.” In a video on Instagram, Sheeran hit out at “baseless claims.”
A judge ruled today that the 2017 hit “Shape of You” had “neither deliberately nor subconsciously copied” Chokri’s “Oh Why,” which was self-released in 2015 under his artist name Sami Switch.
In the lawsuit, Chokri claimed that a hook in Sheeran’s hit was strikingly similar to a refrain in his own. While acknowledging similarities between the phrase in question, judge Antony Zacaroli said that’s only a “starting point” for a possible infringement of copyright and differences in other parts of the songs provide “compelling evidence” that Sheeran didn’t copy Chokri.
