So you remember when a couple of artists try to sue Ed Sheeran for copyright infringement sayin he stole “Shape Of You” from them?  Lawyers for Sami Chokri and his co-writer Ross O’Donoghue were not successful in proving Ed ripped them off, and then argued their clients shouldn’t have to cover the legal expenses of Sheeran and his co-defendants — songwriters Steven McCutcheon and Johnny McDaid — due to their “conduct… both before and during the proceedings.”

Well the jury sided with Ed…and now those artists have been ordered to pay Ed over $1.1 million in legal fees.

 

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