Ed Sheeran awaits verdict over copyright courtroom battle

By Associated Press

An 11-day trial over the copyright of Ed Sheeran’s hit track “Shape of You” concluded in London on Tuesday, with the decide saying he would take a while to think about his ruling.

The British pop star and his co-writers, Snow Patrol’s John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon, denies accusations that the 2017 track copies a part of a 2015 track known as “Oh Why” by Sami Chokri, who performs underneath the title Sami Switch.

Lawyer Andrew Sutcliffe, representing the “Oh Why” co-writers, argued there was an “indisputable similarity between the works” and steered the probabilities of two songs that “correlate” showing inside months of one another was “minutely small.”

The lawyer claimed that Sheeran had “Oh Why” “consciously or unconsciously in his head” when “Shape of You” was written in 2016. He additionally alleged that Sheeran, who attended the listening to all through, was dishonest and evasive in giving proof to the trial.

Sheeran and his co-writers say they’ve disclosed materials to the trial and don’t keep in mind listening to “Oh Why” earlier than the courtroom case.

Justice Antony Zacaroli mentioned Tuesday he would ship his judgment “as soon as I can.” “Shape of You” was the most important promoting track within the U.Okay. in 2017.