Listen now (6 min) | This Week: Ed Sheeran learns the shape of a copyright suit, everyone wants a piece of the Chagos Islands, and Burger King maintains its rule in Russia. Plus, who takes your to-go orders, and digital juries. 🎶 Copying The Shape of You Did Ed Sheeran and company lift parts of the Sami Chokri song "Oh Why" for their 2017 mega-hit "Shape of You"? That's the question posed in a current copyright trial underway in the UK. While Sheeran and his co-writers claim they never heard "Oh Why", nor copied any parts of it, lawyers for Chokri (aka Sami Switch) say his management made a “huge effort” to put the song in front of Sheeran.
🗞️ Music Sues, Digital Land Grab, & Burger Czars
🗞️ Music Sues, Digital Land Grab, & Burger…
🗞️ Music Sues, Digital Land Grab, & Burger Czars
Listen now (6 min) | This Week: Ed Sheeran learns the shape of a copyright suit, everyone wants a piece of the Chagos Islands, and Burger King maintains its rule in Russia. Plus, who takes your to-go orders, and digital juries. 🎶 Copying The Shape of You Did Ed Sheeran and company lift parts of the Sami Chokri song "Oh Why" for their 2017 mega-hit "Shape of You"? That's the question posed in a current copyright trial underway in the UK. While Sheeran and his co-writers claim they never heard "Oh Why", nor copied any parts of it, lawyers for Chokri (aka Sami Switch) say his management made a “huge effort” to put the song in front of Sheeran.