Ed Sheeran Wins ‘Shape of You’ Plagiarism Case - The New York Times

The singer “neither deliberately, nor subconsciously” stole from another songwriter when writing his 2017 hit, a British judge ruled.

But Mr. Chokri, giving evidence, claimed that he knew Mr. Sheeran personally and that he had once met him at a branch of Nandos, a chicken restaurant. Mr. Sheeran must have heard the song through the… [+722 chars]

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