Pryor Cashman Partner Ilene Farkas, co-chair of the Music Group
and of the Copyright, M+E Litigation, and Music Litigation
Practices, sat down with Variety for an extensive Q+A
about the firm's victory on behalf of star singer-songwriter
client Ed Sheeran in his landmark copyright case.
In "Ed Sheeran Attorney on Court Victory: 'He Feels
Vindicated Not Only for Himself, but All Songwriters,'"
Ilene discussed the importance of the case not just for Sheeran but
for songwriters in general:
He is certainly thrilled about the decision. He feels
vindicated, but he feels not only vindicated for himself, but for
all songwriters. There have been many, many, many songwriters who
reached out to him during this trial in support of what he was
doing, and so he felt a tremendous obligation. That's a big
weight on your shoulders. There were dozens and dozens of strangers
who reached out to me, just songwriters and professors of
musicology, and just consumers of music who all were
