Ed Sheeran's Plagiarism $20m Lawsuit

earwighoney

http://www.hollywoodtake.com/did-ed-sheeran-steal-photograph-20-million-lawsuit-alleges-hit-song-was-copied-matt-166576

Both songs here.  

I couldn't listen to either.  They are f*cking shit.  

I'd hate to be a lawyer in the case and have to listen to each song over and over again.  

Strangefan

They're nothing like eachother!

fields5069

I still don't know why Charles Thompson IV didn't sue Coldplay for re-releasing "Where Is My Mind?".

earwighoney

Strangefan said:

They're nothing like eachother!

No.  I have to disagree with you. 

They both sound shite.  Like the aural counterpart of grinding and snorting two lines of a dog turd that was baked on a hot pavement and turned white.  It might look like cocaine but isn't.  

Sporky

earwighoney said:

I couldn't listen to either.  They are f*cking shit.  

I think what's been discovered here is that when two artists attempt to scrape the bottom of the same barrel, they both come up with the same foul-smelling oomska.

Philly_Q

They mentioned this on 5 Live this morning and invited comments - it turned out nobody gave a shit about the possible plagiarism, they just took it as licence to slag off Sheeran and similar whiny-voiced drippy singer-songwriter types.

The phrase "musical equivalent of watery grey porridge" came up.  But then someone else tried to make the case that Ed Sheeran must be cool because he's had Chris Martin out of Coldplay join him on stage at a gig.....  

hugbot

They probably are copied (subconciously at least) but its something where I find hard to give a shit considering its the most obvious 4 chord pattern in the world.

Will I Am had a thing a while back where he was ripping off undiscovered producers tracks which I found far more egregious but I find it harder to care about snatches of melody. Theres only so many notes in the world.

gubble

The defence to this should be:

If two people win the national lottery jackpot by both choosing the exact same numbers has one copied another?

To me there's only a finite number of combinations where melody is concerned and as music can be quite mathematical at times this reduces the number of possible melodies even further.

It's a coincidence simple as that.

english_bob

gubble said:

The defence to this should be:

If two people win the national lottery jackpot by both choosing the exact same numbers has one copied another?

To me there's only a finite number of combinations where melody is concerned and as music can be quite mathematical at times this reduces the number of possible melodies even further.

It's a coincidence simple as that.

Probably this. Surely it would be practically impossible for the plaintiffs to prove that it was done deliberately.

$20 million? That sounds like a joke to me. Apparently it's because the song has been chosen to feature in the by-numbers weepie "Me Before You" that some of you poor bastards are going to get dragged to by your s'nificant others.

RocknRollDave

Don't get the hatred for Sheeran. For the vocals alone in Thinking Out Loud he gets my utmost respect.

Sporky

I'd like to go on record that if the judge in the case manages to swing an injunction preventing either piece ever being heard again, I will arrange for a Bakewell Pudding to be sent to them. If the judge does not want a Bakewell Pudding I will have it sent to the recipient of their choice.

If anyone would like to join me in this pledge, I intend to use the service offered by http://www.postapudding.com/PostAPudding.html

I am not affiliated with them but have had one of their puddings in the past; it was excellent.

Modulus_Amps

ok, so they sound the same, but they sound like something you have heard a thousand times, hardly an original melody
imagine if every blues player/jazz player that has copied someone elses licks got sued.

in this cause the Lawyers = win

axisus

Putting apart all the childish comments about the material, I don't get how they think they are 'owed' $20 million for just one song? 

Sporky

axisus said:

Putting apart all the childish comments about the material

But they're the best bit of the thread!

hobbio

So much jealousy in this thread...

Sporky

hobbio said:

So much jealousy in this thread...

I think that may be projection.

CHRISB50

Awaits Sambostar's explanation of how this is an anti ginge initiative... 8->

hugbot

Its the fact they both rhyme on the "me" syllable as well which makes me think it is a subconscious ripoff. If it was a delibirate one he would have chosedn something more obscure surely.

Fretwired

Where is the case being heard?

I think we should get a crowd funding campaign going to fund lawyers to counter sue on the grounds the songs are shite and we've all been damaged and hurt as a result of having to listen to them.

NotNowJohn

They both sound like Snow Patrol i.e. shite.

joeyowen

They simply can't lose 

If they win, great 20mil

If they lose, their names are on every news outlet for the remainder of what will be a drawn out process

Massively publicity, or massive publicity and 20mil

Awesome!