London — A High Court judge in London on
Tuesday awarded
Ed Sheeran and his co-songwriters more than £900,000 in legal
costs after winning a copyright trial over his hit “Shape of You”.
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The 31-year-old Sheeran was taken to court and
accused of copying a phrase from the British grime track “Oh Why” when writing
the worldwide smash.
But judge Antony
Zacaroli ruled in April this year after an 11-day trial that the star “neither
deliberately nor subconsciously” plagiarized the hook.
On Wednesday, the judge said the artists who brought
the claim — Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue — should pay legal costs.
He ordered an interim payment of £916,200 ($1.1
million).
Sheeran welcomed the initial ruling but said that
“baseless” copyright claims were “damaging the songwriting industry”.
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