British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has finally won a four-year copyright battle over his 2017 hit song Shape of You after a UK judge concluded that he had not plagiarized the work of another British artist.
Sami Chokri - aka Sami Switch - and songwriter Ross O’Donoghue had blamed Ed Sheeran and two of his co-writers for plagiarizing part of a track.
He claimed that the “Oh I” melodic hook
Pop singer Katy Perry's 2013 single "Dark Horse" has been found by a federal court to have infringed on the copyright of a song by a Christian rapper.
Peloton, which offers spinning classes via streaming video, has been hit by a US$150 million lawsuit by 10 music licensing companies for using their music without permission.
Ed Sheeran has failed in his bid to dismiss a copyright infringement suit by the heirs of Ed Townsend, who claim he copied from the R&B classic "Let's Get It On" in Sheeran's song "Thinking Out Loud".