Ed Sheeran is fighting back in a legal battle over a song he wrote for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.
In January, Sean Carey and Beau Golden accused Sheeran of ripping off the melody for their 2014 song When I Found You, which they wrote for Jasmine Rae, when he penned The Rest of Our Life.
Ed, however, has stated with documents of his own, that there's no similarity in the sound of the songs.
In the legal papers, the Perfect singer admits he never sought Sean and Beau’s permission because The Rest of Our Life is an “originally and independently created musical composition.”
He calls their claim baseless, and has urged the judge overseeing the matter to dismiss the lawsuit.
When Sean and Beau filed their legal action, they claimed there was ‘blatant copying’ of their own tune, adding, “The copying is, in many instances, verbatim, note-for-note copying of original elements of the Song, and is obvious to the ordinary observer.”
In the lawsuit, they also named co-writers Johnny McDaid and Amy Wadge, as well as Sony/ATV, Universal Polygram and WB Music. They have asked for $5 million in actual damages plus profits, royalties and an award of attorney's fees, as well as injunctive relief.
