Ed Sheeran was found not liable in the copyright lawsuit trial that accused his song “Thinking Out Loud” of infringing on Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get it On.” After three hours of deliberations that followed a two-week trial in New York from April to May, the jury announced their ver...
The heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye's co-writer on the track "Let's Get It On," filed a lawsuit in 2017 claiming Sheeran's 2014 hit had "striking similarities" and shared "overt common elements" with the 1973 classic soul track. Townsend died in 2003. In a statement after the verdict on...
Both Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" and Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" gain in sales and streams this week due to a copyright lawsuit.
Sheeran sat with his legal team throughout the trial, defending himself against the lawsuit by the heirs of songwriter Ed Townsend, who created the 1973 soul classic with Gaye. They said “Thinking Out Loud” had so many similarities to “Let's Get It On” that it violated the song's co...
Sheeransat with his legal team throughout the trial, defending himself against the lawsuit by the heirs of songwriter Ed Townsend, who created the 1973 soul classic with Gaye. They said "Thinking Out Loud" had so many similarities to "Let's Get It On" that it violate...
This isn't Sheeran's first time in the courtroom regarding his music. He previously won a lawsuit in the U.K. in 2017 that involved hissong "Shape of You."The musician criticized the lawsuit following the verdict. "I feel like claims like this are way too common now and have become ...
Ed Sheeran, one of the biggest musical artists on the planet, has spent the past two weeks defending his integrity in a New York City courtroom, fighting a lawsuit in which the family of the co-writer of Marvin Gaye's classic "Let's Get It On" claims Sheeran stole the chord progression...
NEW YORK - A jury concluded Thursday that British singer Ed Sheeran didn’t steal key components of Marvin Gaye’s classic 1970s tune "Let’s Get It On" when he created his hit song "Thinking Out Loud." The verdict in New York came after a two-week trial that featured a courtroom pe...
The heirs of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” co-writer brought the highly contentious and consequential case. The songs are not similar enough to uphold their claim, a jury found.
A jury in Manhattan gave Ed Sheeran a victory Thursday in his copyright lawsuit trial, deciding that the pop star did not steal part of Marvin Gaye’s song. He released his new album “Subtract” hours after the verdict.May 5, 2023Read More ...