Ed Sheeran case updates
Ed Sheeran has featured in two high-profile claims that were decided in the UK and US respectively in 2022 and 2023.
Carey and Golden vs Sheeran, Hill, McGraw and others
Ed Sheeran, as co-writer of a song for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, has been named as a defendant on 10 January 2018 in a new case to emerge, claiming copyright infringement of the country music duet The Rest Of Our Life against Jasmine Rae's 2015 song ...
Eight Mile Style LLC and others vs New Zealand National Party and others
In 2014 the New Zealand National Party ran a TV advertising campaign for the election that year, using a track called Eminem Esque, licensed from a production music library. The ad aired several times in August 2014 and after media commentary ...
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Liam Payne ft. Quavo vs. Shaggy ft. Rikrok
Listening to the radio yesterday, I couldn't help but feel sorry for people like Ed Sheeran. Imagine being him, getting in the car to drive to your lawyer's office to tie ...
SimonA • 18 Jul 2017 • 0 replies
BBC article on the threat of a copyright infringement case stifling creativity
Interesting article on the BBC site 12 July 2017: Is the threat of a copyright infringement stifling music http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40560477 I'm not ...
robkerr • 6 Jul 2017 • 0 replies
Muse vs. John Williams
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