The British also criticized the frequency of these judgments even when there is no basis
After 11 days of trial, Ed Sheeran was acquitted after being accused of plagiarism with the hit “Shape of You” released in 2017. The musician celebrated the result and took the opportunity to criticize the frequency of judgments that take place in the music scene.
The singer Sami Switch and the producer Ross O’Donoghue it was the two people who brought the case against the Brit. According to those two, the song and the chorus of “Shape of You” is the same as that of “Oh Why” from 2015.
So, the judge in question ruled in favor of Ed for not finding enough evidence to confirm plagiarism: “While there are similarities between the hook of ‘Oh Why’ and aspects of ‘Shape of You’, there are also significant differences”part of the decision.
In addition, Ed Sheeran took advantage of the situation and decided to talk about cases of plagiarism in the music industry. The artist mentions that these accusations are increasingly common in the industry even when “there is no basis”.
“There are only a few notes and very few chords used in pop music. Coincidences tend to happen when 60,000 songs are released every day on Spotify and 22 million songs a year. And there are only 12 notes available.”explains during the video posted on their social networks.
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