Award-winning singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran is facing a
lawsuit from a Californian songwriting duo, Martin Harrington and Thomas
Leonard, along with their publishing company HaloSongs claiming “Photograph”
was copied from them.
Martin Harrington and American Thomas Leonard claim it has a
similar structure to their song, Amazing.
The pair says that Sheeran's ballad has the same musical
composition to their track, which was released as Matt Cardle's winning X
Factor track in 2010.
Martin Harrington and Thomas Leonard say they penned Amazing
in 2009.
In documents, that include musical note comparison and chord
breakdowns of the two songs, the pair claimed the chorus of Photograph shares
39 identical notes with their track.
The lawyer representing them is the same lawyer who was
victorious last year in representing the family of Marvin Gaye in a copyright
infringement lawsuit against artists Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams.
‘Photograph’, which was released in 2015, allegedly contains
39 notes that are “identical in pitch, rhythmic duration, and placement in the
measure” to their 2012 composition performed by 2010 X Factor UK Winner, Matt
Cardle according to NBC.
The
court documents say that Photograph has sold more than 3.5 million copies
worldwide.
Photo credit: BBC
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