Ed Sheeran opens up about his copyright case

Ed Sheeran has recently opened up about his disturbing experience of 11-month gruelling copyright case over his 2017 hit song Shape of You.

The singer-songwriter, Snow Patrol’s John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon were accused to copy 2015 track Oh Why by Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue for their song.

In the first interview after the verdict, Sheeran told BBC Two’s Newsnight that he had no choice but to defend his work in court.

"You can get a judgement or you can have a settlement and [when] you know that you're in the right, then you can’t settle just out of principle. You can’t settle,” he remarked.

The court, however, ruled on Wednesday that Sheeran had “neither deliberately nor subconsciously” plagiarised the song Oh My.

Following his win, the hit-maker elaborated that the case had been about "honesty" and “not money”.

He also added that he is glad that it’s over now and “we can move on, and get back to writing songs” though he confessed that this whole episode had made him sad and changed his perspective about songwriting.

“I think the best feeling in the world is the euphoria of writing a great song and now that feeling has turned into second-guessing yourself,” he explained.

The Perfect singer disclosed in an interview that he now “films all of his songwriting sessions to protect against future claims”.

The 31-year-old also chipped in that this gruelling 11-month trial truly took a toll on their creativity and now since it had come to an end, the singer and his team felt relieved.