Category: Sheeran

Jury Finds Ed Sheeran Didn’t Copy Marvin Gaye Classic

May 4, 2023
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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 performance by Sheeran as the singer insisted that…

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Ed Sheeran Testifies in Music Copyright Lawsuit

April 25, 2023
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NEW YORK—Ed Sheeran took the witness stand in a New York courtroom Tuesday to deny allegations that his hit song “Thinking Out Loud” ripped off Marvin Gaye’s soul classic “Let’s Get It On.” Sheeran, 32, was called to testify in the civil trial by the heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s co-writer on the 1973 soul…

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Ed Sheeran Music Copyright Trial Moves Forward, Jury Selected

April 24, 2023
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NEW YORK—Opening statements were set to occur Tuesday after a jury was chosen in a trial that mashes up Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” with Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” The heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s co-writer of the 1973 soul classic, sued Sheeran, alleging the English pop star’s hit 2014 tune has “striking…

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Ed Sheeran Faces US Copyright Trial Over Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’

April 21, 2023
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Jury selection is set to begin on Monday in Manhattan federal court for a trial over claims that British pop superstar Ed Sheeran owes a share of profits from his hit “Thinking Out Loud” for copying Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” Heirs of songwriter Ed Townsend sued Sheeran, his label Warner Music Group, and…

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