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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Ed sheeran copyright trial songwriter made concerted plan - What They Never Told You

Ed Sheeran is seen outside the high court in London.
Ed Sheeran and his co-authors deny copying and say they do not remember hearing the track before the legal fight. Photograph: Mark Thomas/Rex/Shutterstock

Ed Sheeran was targeted with a “concerted plan” to secure his interest in a songwriter who later accused him of copying one of his songs, the high court has been told.

The former management company for Sami Chokri, a grime artist who performs under the name Sami Switch, allegedly made a “huge effort” to bring the 2015 song Oh Why to Sheeran’s notice, the copyright trial heard on Tuesday.

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