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Ed Sheeran has spent another day in court in an ongoing plagiarism trial related to his 2015 single ‘Thinking Out Loud’, and played Van Morrison in the court room to further contest accusations that the song ripped off Marvin Gaye‘s ‘Let’s Get It On’.Back in 2016, the pop star was sued by Ed Townsend, one of the song’s co-writers, who alleged that Sheeran and co-writer Amy Wadge copied the rhythm of the 1973 song, as well as an ascending four-chord sequence. It also references “striking similarities” between the two tracks that violate the copyright.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Ed Sheeran had strong words for a musicologist on Monday as the court hearing over alleged similarities between his hit “Thinking Out Loud” and Marvin Gaye’s classic “Let’s Get It On” entered its second week. “I think what he is doing is criminal,” Sheeran said of the prior testimony from Alexander Stewart, a musicologist hired as an expert witness by Gaye’s estate, according to the New York Times. “I don’t know why he’s allowed to be an expert.” Sheeran, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Publishing are being sued by three heirs of songwriter Ed Townsend, who is the credited co-writer with Gaye on the 1973 song.

Ed Sheeran’s ongoing plagiarism trial, after the court was played an AI version of Marvin Gaye’s song ‘Let’s Get It On’.The ongoing lawsuit stems back to 2017, when the pop star was sued by Ed Townsend — one of the co-writers on the Marvin Gaye track ‘Let’s Get It On’ — who accused him of copying the song in his hit release ‘Thinking Out Loud’.The accusations Sheeran faces allege that he (and his co-writer Amy Wadge) copied an ascending four-chord sequence and rhythm of the 1973 track. It also references “striking similarities” that violate the copyright.Now, in a recent development of the trial, it has been reported that laughter broke out in the court after members of the jury were made to listen to a “hideous” AI version of the Marvin Gaye song.According to Insider, those attending court on Wednesday (April 26) listened to the artificially generated take of the track, provided by a plaintiff musicology expert.

Ed Sheeran performed a snippet of “Thinking Out Loud” in front of a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, singing and strumming a few notes on an acoustic guitar during his Marvin Gaye copyright infringement trial.While testifying on the witness stand, the “Shape of You” singer took a tan Lowden wooden acoustic guitar and played the basic four-chord progression highlighting the 2014 hit single, giving the courtroom an intimate teaser of his gigs.Sheeran’s appearance came after his attorney Ilene Farkas called him to the stand to refute comments made by the plaintiffs’ musicologist Alexander Stewart, who argued that the first 24 seconds of “Thinking Out Loud” were similar to the beginning of Gaye’s “Let’s Get it On.”However, Sheeran said that Stewart’s analysis was wrong, and performed the version he said he plays at every concert before he then played Stewart’s version.“It works very well with him, but it’s not the truth,” Sheeran said.The 32-year-old British singer-songwriter explained the origins of “Thinking Out Loud” and how the song was created after the death of his grandfather and watching his grandmother’s health decline.The song, which was written with longtime collaborator Amy Wadge, came to life after Sheeran hopped out of the shower of his home and heard Wadge strumming the chords.Kathryn Townsend Griffin — the daughter of the late Ed Townsend, who co-wrote the 1973 R&B classic with Gaye — wasn’t present Thursday. She had collapsed in court Wednesday and left the Moynihan Courthouse on a stretcher.Her attorney Ben Crump said that she was feeling better and is expected to return to court next week.Judge Louis L.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The copyright case in which Ed Sheeran is being sued for allegedly lifting portions of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” for his own “Thinking Out Loud” took on some unexpected drama Wednesday afternoon when the plaintiff, Kathryn Townsend Griffin, collapsed and had to be carried out of court, causing an interruption in otherwise routine testimony. According to CNN, Townsend Griffin (pictured above left) — the daughter of “Let’s Get It On” co-writer Ed Griffin — fainted about two minutes into the Sheeran team’s cross-examination of a musicologist who had been brought in to testify that there was a substantial similarity between the two songs.

The region’s Men’s Sheds are to benefit from a funding reprieve after the Scottish Government announced it would restore previously pulled support for this year.

Even on a cold and frosty January morning there is still a buzz at the small industrial unit where the members of Forth Valley Men’s Shed meet for one of their regular meet-ups.

The region’s under-fire hospital has reported the worst accident and emergency waiting time figures in Scotland – with only 38 per cent of patients seen within four hours.

Plans to site a telecommunications mast next to Dunblane Primary School have sparked objections from residents and a local MSP.

NHS Forth Valley’s CEO and chair have come under pressure to resign amid fresh allegations about the working environment at Forth Valley Royal.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJustin Bieber and Dan + Shay have been hit with a copyright lawsuit that claims they borrowed the “core portion” of their Grammy-winning hit “10,000 Hours” from a comparatively obscure 1980 song called “The First Time Baby Is A Holiday.” The complaint was filed Thursday in Los Angeles federal court by a company called Melomega.“Defendants’ theft is impudently bold,” reads the complaint reads, which also names Dan + Shay’s label, Warner Music Group, as a defendant. “One need only listen to ‘First Time’ and the infringing ‘10,000 Hours’ to discern the unmistakable similarities between the songs.” The claim is supported by musicologist Dr.

Anitta has signed up to ring in LA Pride.Christopher Street West, the non-profit in charge of official LA Pride events, has announced the full lineup for LA Pride in the Park, its official in-person music event. The full lineup follows the previous announcement that Christina Aguilera will headline the one-day music festival.The program includes a mix of pop stars, rappers, drag queens and other musical artists.

A schoolboy left with ten staples in his head after being violently beaten during a game of football told his mum he thought he was going to die.

Stirling residents are being warned about scam texts and emails relating to coronavirus vaccinations and the booster.

NHS Forth Valley has hit back at criticism from a local MSP over its support of those suffering with the effects of long Covid.

Alexander Stewart said he had "real sympathy" with comments made last week by Ruth Davidson, who claimed the reduction in the benefit was the “wrong thing to do”. The £20 uplift to the all-in-one benefit was a temporary measure to help poorer families during the pandemic and is due to come to an end from October 6 in a move that has sparked fury among anti-poverty campaigners.

Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.Tory Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alexander Stewart, himself a resident of Bridge of Allan, aded: “This debacle has been allowed to rumble on as a result of the previous SNP Planning Minister’s intervention, with a raft of subsequent extensions.“I have requested of the minister that no more extensions be granted and that the entire project’s application be rejected, above all to protect our local environment but not least to allow our local residents to move on without this unresolved debacle hanging over them on a daily basis.”Bridge of Allan and Dunblane Tory councillor Alastair Majury added: “Local democracy has been completely ignored by the Scottish Government and Park of Keir

Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.Mid Scotland and Fife Conservative candidate Alexander Stewart, who lives in nearby Bridge of Allan, said this week: “Local democracy is being completely ignored by the SNP Government and Park of Keir Partners.

Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.Mid Scotland and Fife Conservative MSP Alexander Stewart, and Conservative local government spokesperson, said it was time to throw out the application, adding that it was “acutely embarrassing” not to be able provide a satisfactory answer to residents’ enquiries.He said: “This is a burning issue locally, and our communities deserve due respect which is not being afforded to them by this entire debacle and I share their exasperation and total dismay.“There must be no more extensions, a line in the sand must be drawn once and for all and this must be taken off the table completely, as residents do not deserve to be kept in the dark any longer.”Stirling Council had been tasked with

Tayside due to the impact of COVID-19.New figures published by Public Health Scotland show that between April and September this year just 4389 operations took place across NHS Tayside.That compares to an average of 12,245 procedures from 2016-2019, meaning potentially around 7856 procedures have not yet been carried out.Busy flyover across the A90 finally reopens over a year after collisionMid-Scotland and Fife MSP Alexander Stewart has called on the Scottish Government to guarantee that NHS Tayside will be able to carry out vital operations to not let the backlog “spiral out of control”.Mr Stewart conceded that “everything must be done” to tackle rising COVID cases, but still called for assurances that NHS frontline staff are given the