'I didn't play Photograph for ages after that... I felt weird about it, it kind of made me feel dirty.' Ed Sheeran tells Newsnight he regrets settling a previous multi-million pound copyright dispute as it opened the floodgates to other claims
settled a $20m copyright infringement caseWhen asked if he thought that settlement had led, in part, to his most recent case he said "the floodgates opened"."I didn't play Photograph for ages after that. I just stopped playing it. I felt weird about it, it kind of made me feel dirty," he said.And there have been lasting effects on the way he works.
He said he did not apply this protective measure to collaborative writing sessions involving other artists such as the Shape of You writing sessions with McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon."We've had claims coming through on the songs and we go, well here's the footage and you watch. You'll see there's nothing there.
"That feeling has now turned into 'oh wait, let's stand back for a minute'. You find yourself in the moment, second-guessing yourself."McDaid called for more open discussion between all members of the music industry rather than more litigation.
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