Ed Sheeran settles his $20 million plagiarism suit for ‘copied’ song
Ed Sheeran was in hot water last year when he was accused of plagiarising his hit single Photograph.
The musician was accused of copying "note-for-note"from a song called Amazing, which was previously released by X Factor winner Matt Cardle.
The singer has settled the claim to the tune of a cool $20 million, or €18 million.
The chorus of Photograph by Ed Sheeran is almost exactly the same as Amazing by Matt Cardle. Coincidence?
— Thais Rosa (@MsThaisSouza) January 29, 2017
The case was taken out against Ed and his songwriting partner Johnny McDaid of Snow Patrol fame by the songwriters of Amazing.
"This copying is, in many instances, verbatim, note-for-note copying, makes up nearly one half of Photograph, and raises this case to the unusual level of strikingly similar copying," they said in the complaint.
Ed was accused of copying 36 of the 39 notes in the chorus of the song.
"This is not my lawsuit. I think Ed Sheeran is a genius and 100 per cent deserves all his success," said Amazing singer Matt Cardle.
