Ed Sheeran beats second copyright lawsuit over 'Thinking Out Loud'
torontosun.comBritish singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran on Tuesday defeated a second copyright lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan over similarities between his hit “Thinking Out Loud” and Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” U.S.
District Judge Louis Stanton dismissed the case brought by Structured Asset Sales LLC, ruling that the parts of “Let’s Get It On” Sheeran was accused of infringing were too common for copyright protection.
Sheeran won a separate jury trial over the songs in the same court earlier this month. Stanton presided over both cases, which concerned co-writer Ed Townsend’s share of Gaye’s 1973 classic.
Townsend’s heirs failed to convince jurors that Sheeran infringed their part of Townsend’s copyright in the song. Structured Asset Sales is owned by investment banker and “Bowie Bonds” creator David Pullman, and it owns part of Townsend’s interest in “Let’s Get It On.” It sued Sheeran, his label Warner Music Group and his music publisher Sony Music Publishing in 2018 after Townsend’s heirs filed their lawsuit.
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