Ed Sheeran recently won a High Court case against a grime artist over his song ‘Shape of You’.
A judge ruled on Wednesday that the Perfect hit-maker had not plagiarized the 2015 song ‘Oh Why’ by Sami Chokri.
Chokri, a grime artist who performs under the name Sami Switch, previously claimed the ‘Oh I’ hook in Sheeran’s track was “strikingly similar” to an “Oh why” refrain in his own track.
After the ruling, the Shivers crooner took to his Instagram handle to share the big news with his 37.7 million followers and said such “baseless” claims “are way too common”.
In a video on social media, he said there was now a culture “where a claim is made with the idea that a settlement will be cheaper than taking it to court, even if there’s no basis for the claim”.
“Shape Of You” became the best-selling digital song worldwide in 2017 and has received more than 5.6 billion views on YouTube.
The judge, concluded there was no evidence that Sheeran had thought of writing the hit before October 2016.
