“Two California-based musicians are suing British singing star Ed Sheeran for $US20 million ($A26.76 million) over his hit song Photograph, which they claim is “note for note” a copy of one of their songs, according to court documents.
“The copyright infringement lawsuit was filed by Martin Harrington, a songwriter and producer, and Thomas Leonard, a songwriter signed to Harrington’s company HaloSongs, in federal court in the Central District of California on Wednesday.
“The two musicians allege Sheeran’s ballad Photograph, released as a single in 2015, has the same musical composition to their song Amazing, which they said they wrote in 2009.”
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