Popular British singer Ed Sheeran has denied ‘borrowing’ ideas from unknown songwriters as he appeared in witness box during a High Court plagiarism case.
The musician appeared in court for trial over the copyright of his hit song ‘Shape Of You’ as he began giving evidence as part of his legal battle with two songwriters who allege Sheeran’s song rips off parts of their track titled ‘Oh Why’.
Durng court proceedings on Monday Andrew Sutcliffe QC, for Mr Chokri and Mr O’Donoghue, said Mr Sheeran ‘borrows ideas and throws them into his songs, sometimes he will acknowledge it but sometimes he won’t.’
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At the start of his evidence on Monday, Ian Mill QC, for Mr Sheeran, asked: ‘Do you accept that you behave or have behaved in that way?’
Mr Sheeran said ‘no,’ before adding: ‘The examples he has been using are obviously famous artists, two of them are people I’ve made songs with.’
Mr Sheeran continued that ‘if Mr Sutcliffe would have done his research,’ he would have known there were ‘lots’ of unknown artists he had cleared parts of songs with.
Source: metro.co.uk
