I think people are misunderstanding me when I say that Ed is a fraud. This is not about copying lyrics or writing his own lyrics, it goes way deeper than that.
His fraud is based around the musical composition, harmony, pitch, duration and placement. In the case he settled out of court there was a total of 39 identical matches of the musical composition, just in the chorus.
In simple terms he copied 70% of the composition in one song and then a further 41% in another song. You might as well have painted the Mona Lisa and added a different background! In the world of art he would have been kicked out and dismissed as a complete fraud.
He did the same with Marvin Gaye, I wouldn't be surprised if he virtually copied the whole composition for that

and he did the same for Tracy Chapman. This is not the same as Queen picking up a small piece from Chic in 'Goodtimes' to 'Bites the Dust' - Sheeran takes it to a whole new level, basically any kid talented enough could steal all musical composition and just add their own lyrics, that is what he has done and what he continues to do, then he follows in the footsteps of Madonna and eventually settles out of court.
As you can tell, I can't stand the ginger prick.