Ed Sheeran Says 'Such "Unfounded" Claims Are "Very Common"
Ed Sheeran recently won a high court case against a grim artist over his song Shape of You.
A judge ruled on Wednesday that the perfect hit-maker had not plagiarized Sami Chokri's 2015 song Oh Why.
Chokri, a grim artist performing under the name Sami Switch, previously claimed that the Oh I hook in Sheeran's track was "oddly similar" to "Oh Why the refrain in its own track.
Following the ruling, the Shivers crooner took to his Instagram handle to share the big news with his 37.7 million followers, saying such "unfounded" claims are "very common".
In a video on social media, he said there was now a culture "where a claim is made with the idea that a settlement will be cheaper than taking it to court, even if there is no basis for the claim".
He continued: "It's really damaging to the songwriting industry. Pop music only uses so many notes and so few chords.
"There's bound to be a coincidence if there are 60,000 songs being released on Spotify every day. That's 22 million songs a year and there are only 12 notes available."
To note, Shape of You was the UK's best-selling song of 2017 in the UK and Spotify's most streamed song of all time.
Judge Antony Zacaroli ruled that Sheeran had "neither intentionally nor subconsciously copied" Chokri's lyrics.
He acknowledged that there were "similarities between the one-time phrase" in Shape of You and Oh Why, but added that "such similarities are only a starting point for potential copyright infringement".
After studying the musical elements, he noted that there were "differences between the relevant parts" of the song, which "provide compelling evidence that the phrase 'Oh I' in Sheeran's lyrics originated from sources other than Oh Why". Is.