# Ed Sheeran demonstrates how copyright is destroying musicians **URL:** \ **Category:** In The News\ **Tags:** copyright\ **Created:** [9 May 2023 13:09 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ed-sheeran-demonstrates-how-copyright-is-destroying-musicians/108265 "2023-05-09T13:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/communitynews/32/1113_2.png) [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Post date:** [9 May 2023 13:09 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ed-sheeran-demonstrates-how-copyright-is-destroying-musicians/108265/1 "2023-05-09T13:09:00Z")
> Ed Sheeran, Once Again, Demonstrates How Modern Copyright Is Destroying, Rather Than Helping Musicians. > To hear the recording industry tell the story, copyright is the only thing protecting musicians from poverty and despair. Of course, that’s always been a myth. Copyright was designed to benefit the… Read in full here: > **[Ed Sheeran, Once Again, Demonstrates How Modern Copyright Is Destroying,...](https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/08/ed-sheeran-once-again-demonstrates-how-modern-copyright-is-destroying-rather-than-helping-musicians/)** > > To hear the recording industry tell the story, copyright is the only thing protecting musicians from poverty and despair. Of course, that’s always been a myth. Copyright was designed to benefit the… _This thread was posted by one of our members via one of our news source trackers._ ---
**Author:** ![andrea](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/andrea/32/6677_2.png) [@andrea](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/andrea)\ **Post date:** [9 May 2023 23:32 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ed-sheeran-demonstrates-how-copyright-is-destroying-musicians/108265/3 "2023-05-09T23:32:25Z")
A lot of music/songs sound alike. I don’t think Ed Sheeran did this on purpose.