Shape of You: Ed Sheeran awaits verdict over copyright court docket battle

An 11-day trial over the copyright of Ed Sheeran’s hit music “Shape of You” concluded in London on Tuesday, with the choose saying he would take a while to contemplate his ruling. The British pop star and his co-writers, Snow Patrol’s John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon, deny accusations that the 2017 music copies a part of a 2015 music referred to as “Oh Why” by Sami Chokri, who performs underneath the identify Sami Switch.

Lawyer Andrew Sutcliffe, representing the “Oh Why” co-writers, argued there was an “indisputable similarity between the works” and steered the probabilities of two songs that “correlate” showing inside months of one another was “minutely small.”

The lawyer claimed that Sheeran had “Oh Why” “consciously or unconsciously in his head” when “Shape of You” was written in 2016. He additionally alleged that Sheeran, who attended the listening to all through, was dishonest and evasive in giving proof to the trial. Sheeran and his co-writers say they’ve disclosed materials to the trial and don’t keep in mind listening to “Oh Why” earlier than the court docket case.

Justice Antony Zacaroli mentioned Tuesday he would ship his judgment “as soon as I can.” “Shape of You” was the most important promoting music within the UK in 2017.