Yep, Ed Sheeran has won a copyright battle with some other singers I've never heard of who claimed that Ed's Shape of You chorus, where he sang “oh I oh I oh I”, was actually stolen from their own chorus “oh why oh why oh why”.
Mind you, I have never heard Ed's Shape of You either.
Another more famous plagiarism writ was over George Harrison's 'My Sweet Lord' where he was found to have subconsciously plagiarised The Chiffons' 1963 hit single 'He's So Fine'. Bang to rights there Georgie. Cost him half a million Yankee dollars.
Oh why oh why oh why?
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Re: Oh why oh why oh why?
Aren't you the lucky one.
Odd thing, ain't it... you meet people one at a time, they seem decent, they got brains that work, and then they get together and you hear the voice of the people. And it snarls.
Re: Oh why oh why oh why?
I liked George's 'version' better anyway.
I felt most sorry for Men at Work.
They only had one hit.
I felt most sorry for Men at Work.
They only had one hit.
A wanker AND a pansy apparently.
Oh, and a wimp, and 'not a real man'.
Oh, and a wimp, and 'not a real man'.
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Re: Oh why oh why oh why?
Ah, the only song that contains the word 'chunder'. Presumably 'cos they wanted a word to rhyme with the title.
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Re: Oh why oh why oh why?
and they're Australian.
A wanker AND a pansy apparently.
Oh, and a wimp, and 'not a real man'.
Oh, and a wimp, and 'not a real man'.
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Re: Oh why oh why oh why?
I have the vaguest memory of another plagiarism trial where the judge queried the barrister representing the party who claimed they were plagiarised...
Judge: So tell me, how many notes are there in a musical scale?
Barrister: Umm, there are eight I believe m'lud.
Judge: Eight? Just eight?
Barrister: Yes m'lud
Judge: Hmm... so your client is claiming that the defendant arranged a tune using a combination of eight of the notes that your client once used?
Barrister: <worried> Well, yes, in a manner of speaking
Judge: Case dismissed
Judge: So tell me, how many notes are there in a musical scale?
Barrister: Umm, there are eight I believe m'lud.
Judge: Eight? Just eight?
Barrister: Yes m'lud
Judge: Hmm... so your client is claiming that the defendant arranged a tune using a combination of eight of the notes that your client once used?
Barrister: <worried> Well, yes, in a manner of speaking
Judge: Case dismissed
"It's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled"
- Mark Twain
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