VMAs BEAMING BACK
TO THE BIG APPLE Getting back to where they once belonged (4/24a)
THE COUNT: ALL THE DESERT'S A STAGE
Jon Wayne is rolling over in his grave. (4/24a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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A CHORUS OF PRAISE: IVORS 2024 NOMS
Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid and Steve Mac have emerged victorious in the 10-day trial that accused them of copying a song by grime artist Sami Chokri for “Shape of You.” In a video on Instagram, Sheeran hit out at “baseless claims.”
A judge ruled today that the 2017 hit “Shape of You” had “neither deliberately nor subconsciously copied” Chokri’s “Oh Why,” which was self-released in 2015 under his artist name Sami Switch.
In the lawsuit, Chokri claimed that a hook in Sheeran’s hit was strikingly similar to a refrain in his own. While acknowledging similarities between the phrase in question, judge Antony Zacaroli said that’s only a “starting point” for a possible infringement of copyright and differences in other parts of the songs provide “compelling evidence” that Sheeran didn’t copy Chokri.
