Ed Sheeran has reached a deal to end a 20 million dollar lawsuit over his hit song Photograph.
The British singer was accused of “note-for-note” copying from a track called Amazing, which was released by former X Factor winner Matt Cardle in 2012.
Songwriters Thomas Leonard and Martin Harrington sued the flame-haired singer, accusing him of “unabashedly taking credit” for their work.
Settled: Ed has settled a $20 million lawsuit with two songwriters | VIPIRELAND.COM
“This copying is, in many instances, verbatim, note-for-note copying, makes up nearly one half of Photograph, and raises this case to the unusual level of strikingly similar copying,” they said in a complaint lodged in America in July 2016.
An order signed by judge James Selna at a California court on Monday said the case had been dismissed after an agreement had been reached between the parties.
Details of the settlement were not revealed in the court papers.
