Ed Sheeran, in court for alleged plagiarism with The Shape of You

British composer Ed Sheeran on Monday denied that he “borrowed” ideas from composers without their consent He confirmed that he always recognizes the work of other artists when he includes foreign parts in his songs, after he was accused of plagiarism in the song The Shape of You from the album. ÷ (‘swears‘).

Wearing a suit and dark tie, S.Hiran appeared before the High Court in London on Monday.at the beginning of the presentation of evidence by the lawyers of anonymous composers who denounced the song for violating their copyrights, because they understand that “The Shape of You” un plagio del tema “Oh whyBelow you can see a small comparison.

The indictment, filed by Andrew Sutcliffe, claims that the artist He “borrows ideas” and “includes them in his songs” sometimes he recognizes them and sometimes he doesn’t..

According to the lawyer, Sheeran gives credits to these “borrowed ideas” depending on whether they’re popular or not, and in this case, he added, his clients “are not Shaggy, Coldplay, Rihanna or Jay-Z.”.

“If they were, they would have been treated completely differently.Sutcliffe is exposed when viewing the case.

And when his lawyer asked him in this regard, Sheeran responded with a resounding “no,” adding: “Obviously those examples you gave are from famous artists, two of them are people I composed songs with.”to remember.

The English singer and songwriter also attacked the accusation and said that Mr. Sutcliffe had done his work, he would have found that there were “many” unknown artists with whom he agreed to use parts of his songs.

Today Sheeran provided several examples of unknown artists with whom he previously “closed” the use of parts of their creations, for example when he composed a theme for the popular TV series. “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” admitted to entering “unknown author”.

He then went on to describe how he composes songs, with the claim claiming that there is “compelling evidence” showing that when He wrote his single The Shape of You, one of his biggest hits of 2017, and his “creative process involved collecting ideas”.

“When I hear a rhythm, I hear a song and the melody arises. You say there is irrefutable evidence, but I do not agree (…) I write a lot of songs and if I don’t write a song in two hours I see it as a failureSheeran defended himself.

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