Ed Sheeran is facing a $20 million copyright lawsuit from Martin Harrington and Thomas Leonard, who claim “Photograph” has similar structure to their song, “Amazing”, released by X Factor winner Matt Cardle.

I went ahead and compared the two songs.

What do you think?

They say the similarities are “instantly recognisable to the ordinary observer”.

via https://www.scribd.com/doc/315183509/HaloSongs-Inc-v-Sheeran
via https://www.scribd.com/doc/315183509/HaloSongs-Inc-v-Sheeran

 

Photograph was the fifth single from Sheeran’s 2014 album x and has sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide.

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