Ed Sheeran settles Copyright Claim

I've never really thought about the court documents lawyers use in these types of cases, but I found this interesting.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39556351

For the lazy:

The songwriters originally claimed the chorus of the two songs shared 39 identical notes, with similarities "instantly recognisable to the ordinary observer". They submitted the chord structures for both tracks in court documents.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/16208/production/_89923609_photograph.jpg

Settled. That's another way of saying he was going to lose to overwhelming evidence.

That's it boys. Type to throw random notes onto sheet music and hope someone makes a hit that's close to it.

...and he shared writing credits for Shape of you with TLC no scrubs writers.

http://pitchfork.com/news/72389-ed-sheeran-gives-tlc-no-scrubs-writers-credit-on-shape-of-you/

I mean, this is getting out of hand, Ed.

Write your own songs.