The British singer-songwriter’s 11-day trial saw Sami Switch alleging that he stole ideas for the Grammy-winning song.
“I’m not a corporation…
I’m a human being,” he responded.
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Ed Sheeranis in love with the shape of justice.
“It’s really damaging to the songwriting industry,” he continued.
“There’s only so many notes and very few chords used in pop music.
Coincidence is bound to happen if 60,000 songs are being released every day on Spotify.
That’s 22 million songs a year, and there are only 12 notes that are available.”
This really does have to end.
After initially being ordered to pay nearly $3 million after a lawsuit over her No.
1 hit “Dark Horse,“Katy Perrywon anappealrelating to the case earlier this year.
Watch Sheeran’s video response to the “Shape of You” lawsuit above.
