28 April 2023FeaturesCopyrightSarah Speight

Ed Sheeran on trial: fair inspiration or blatant plagiarism?

Just a year after he triumphed in the UK’s High Court over Shape of You, Ed Sheeran has once again been stung with a copyright lawsuit—this time in the US.

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