By: Kuni Isaac
Sam Chokri a popular musician and songwriter better know as Sami switch has come up with a strong accusation of copyright infringement on his song – OH WHY released in 2015,
Sami recently sued Ed Sheeran to court on the terms that Ed’s 2017 hits song ” shape of you ” had lines from his 2015 single – oh why which was written by Ross O’Donoghue and himself, under his real name Sami Chokri, in 2015.
they strongly claim that Sheeran stole their hook for the post-chorus of Shape Of You, changing the lyrics to “oh I, oh I, oh I”.
Sheeran denied having the song- oh why and objected the fact that his friends might have played the song to him ever before he wrote Shape of You in October 2016.
he also stated that shape of you was to be recorded by little mix or Rihanna,
he explained serenading London’s high court to prove he never copied portions of his song from Sami or other artists “If you put them all in the same key, they’ll sound the same,” by singing elements of Nina Simone’s feeling good and Blackstreet’s No Diggity to illustrate how the melody is commonplace in pop music.
Since Sami and his co- writer Ross O’Donoghue sued Sheeran, his royalties worth £20m or more were freezed
later on lawyers both sides played portions from that shape of you recording sessions as they built their case
Court hears voice memos
Attorneys for the brace played the court extracts from the Shape of You recording sessions as they erected their case.
In one recording, Sheeran could be heard saying he demanded to change the “oh I” air because it was” a bit close to the bone”.

“We allowed it was a bit too close to a song called No Diggity by Blackstreet,”the star told the court.”I said that … we should change it.”
Asked whether his final air bore a similarity to Chokri’s song, he added” Unnaturally, yes. They’re grounded around the minor pentatonic scale (and) they both have vowels in them.”

“I am a music addict, I like music, I hear to music,”Sheeran said. But he claimed he’d” faded for the whole time”in 2016 and was”not plugged in”to the UK music scene.
Johnny McDaid co- pen to the Sheeran’s song- shape of you and Sheerans’s daughters godfather showed up in court describing the idea of stealing other people’s work as” contemptuous”

“I don’t need or want to, nor would I ever, simulate other people’s work. The idea is contemptuous to me.”
Sheeran, McDaid and co-writer Steve Mac have been indicted of taking” particular lines and expressions” for the song Shape Of You from a track called Oh Why, by an artist called Sami Switch.
Sheeran while defending stated
“I’ve been a professional tunesmith for numerous times and have achieved substantial success,”
. In written substantiation, McDaid said he couldn’t recall ever hearing Oh Why” in any way” and was ignorant of Sami Switch before the legal case began.
He has written successes for Pink, BTS, Alicia Keys and Rag’n’ Bone Man, added that he’d no way take credit for another pen’s work.
While the court suit lasted Ed Sheeran raged at his attorneys for playing a grain of his unreleased song in court
“That is a song I wrote last January. How did you get that? “he asked, glancing at his attorneys.” I want to know how you got that.”

It was latterly explained that some of the music played to the court was coming from Steve Mac’s particular laptop, and the wrong brochure had been accidentally penetrated.
Sheeran and hisco-authors launched legal proceedings in May 2018, asking the High Court to declare they hadn’t infringed Mr Chokri and MrO’Donoghue’s brand.
In July 2018, Mr Chokri and MrO’Donoghue issued their own claim for” brand violation, damages and an account of gains in relation to the contended violation”.
Mr Sutcliffe indicted Sheeran and his co-writers of issuing what he called a “slapp suit” intended to” blackjack “his guests with the burdensome cost of a legal defense” until they abandon their claim”.
“No I wanted to prove I was right, “he replied.” I am trying to clear my name then.”
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