# oh why, oh why.# shape of you was the uk s best selling song of 2017 in the uk and is spotify s most streamed ever. after the ruling, ed sheeran posted a video on his social media here s some of what he said. i feel like claims like this are way too common now and have become 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. it s really damaging to the songwriting industry. we can now speak to forensic musicologist sandy wilbur who s testifed during previous court cases over music copyright. thank you forjoining us. i see you have your keyboard that you might be ready to do as a few demos, i understand. just talk
which aims to curtail the use of imported fuel by boosting renewable power generation. the regulator will be created to oversee new nuclear plants at a target has been set to produce another wind energy to power every home in the uk by 2030. ed sheeran has won a high court copyright battle over his 2017 hit, shape of you. ajudge ruled on wednesday that the singer songwriter had not plagiarised a 2015 song by the grime artist, sami chokri. mr chokri had claimed the famous oh i hook in sheeran s track was strikingly similar to an oh why refrain in his own track. here they are played back to back. #0h|,oh|,oh|#l m in love with your body # oh i, oh |, oh |.# # oh why, - oh why, oh why, oh # why do i put myself through this? # oh why, oh why.# shape of you was the uk s best selling song of 2017
that the singer songwriter had not plagiarised the 2015 song oh why by sami chokri. mr chokri here on the left is a grime artist who performs under the name sami switch. he d claimed the oh i hook in sheeran s track was strikingly similar to an oh why refrain in his own track. here are the refrains played back to back, staring with ed sheeran s. shape of you was the uk s best selling song of 2017 in the uk and is spotify s most streamed ever. after the ruling, ed sheeran posted a video on his instagram account here s some of what he said. obviously, we are happy with the
# oh why, oh why, oh why, oh # why do i put myself through this? # oh why, oh why.# shape of you was the uk s best selling song of 2017 in the uk and is spotify s most streamed ever. after the ruling, ed sheeran posted a video on his instagram account. here s some of what he said. whilst we re obviously happy with the result, i feel like claims like this are way too common now and have become a culture where a claim is made with the idea that settlement will be cheaper than taking it to court even if there s no basis for the claim. it s really damaging to the songwriting industry. for more on this, i am joined now byjeff peretz, arts professor at the clive davis institute of recorded music at new york university. in the first instance, listening to what ed sheeran just said they does he have a point the claimant for two, and are damaging to the industry? two, and are damaging to the indust ? :: :: , two, and are damaging to the indust ? :: :: f , two, and are damaging to the indust