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25.04.2023 / 11:29

Ed Sheeran song-theft case gets underway in New York

The long awaited trial over whether or not Ed Sheeran ripped off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ when he wrote his song ‘Thinking Out Loud’ finally gets underway in New York later today. This follows the jury selection process yesterday.Originally scheduled to commence in November 2020, but delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Sheeran is accused of infringing the copyright of late songwriter Ed Townsend, who co-wrote the Gaye classic.

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14.03.2023 / 14:59

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Judge in Ed Sheeran song-theft case declines to ban mash-up video from trial

The US judge overseeing the latest Ed Sheeran song-theft legal battle has declined to ban the plaintiffs in the case from showing a YouTube video in which the musician himself mashes together his song with the one he’s accused of ripping off. Though Sheeran’s lawyers are still free to object again to that video being shown to jurors when the dispute is properly in court.This is the legal battle where Sheeran is accused of ripping off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ on his 2014 track ‘Thinking Out Loud’.

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08.02.2023 / 14:29

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Ed Sheeran lawyers want video of his mash-up performances excluded from Thinking Out Loud song theft trial

No high profile song-theft legal battle is complete without a YouTube video mashing together the two songs that are part of the dispute. But should that mash-up be shown in court? And what if the alleged song thief made the mash-up? Ed Sheeran’s legal team would like it to be known that mash-ups of this kind have no place in a courtroom, especially if they were made by Ed Sheeran.So, yes, while last year’s big song theft legal battle involving Sheeran was in the UK courts, this year we’re back in the American system with the long running litigation over his song ‘Thinking Out Loud’.

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17.10.2022 / 17:40

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Ed Sheeran’s legal team has another go at getting Thinking Out Loud song-theft lawsuit dismissed

Ed Sheeran’s legal team last week had one last go at trying to stop one of the song-theft lawsuits relating to his song ‘Thinking Out Loud’ from proceeding to trial, urging the judge overseeing the case to reconsider a recent decision he made about the copyright dispute.It’s alleged that Sheeran ripped off the Marvin Gaye song ‘Let’s Get It On’ when he wrote ‘Thinking Out Loud’. Based on those allegations, the estate of ‘Let’s Get It On’ co-writer Ed Townsend sued Sheeran for copyright infringement.

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Ed Sheeran To Stand Trial In $100M Copyright Case Over ‘Thinking Out Loud’

A federal judge has ordered Ed Sheeran to stand trial over accusations that his 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud” ripped off Marvin Gaye’s iconic “Let’s Get It On”.

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Ed Sheeran to face trial over £90million copyright claim

The move comes six months after Sheeran, 31, was cleared of copying his hit song Shape Of You at a trial in London. Seeking damages of up to £90million, the complaint over Thinking Out Loud was originally lodged in 2016 by Structured Asset Sales, which owns a stake in the copyrights of late American singer Ed Townsend, who co-wrote the soul classic.

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30.09.2022 / 15:13

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Judge declines to issue summary judgement in second song theft case over Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud

A US judge has declined to dismiss one of the song-theft lawsuits that alleges Ed Sheeran ripped off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ when he wrote his 2014 song ‘Thinking Out Loud’, concluding that a jury needs to consider whether the elements shared by the two songs are protected by copyright.Sheeran’s lawyers have been quite busy over the years dealing with various allegations that the musician has lifted elements of existing songs when writing his pop music. That included the headline-grabbing legal battle in the UK courts over ‘Shape Of You’, in which the Sheeran side was victorious.Over in the US, ‘Thinking Out Loud’ has resulted in multiple song-theft lawsuits.

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Ed Sheeran to face court over Marvin Gaye plagiarism case

Ed Sheeran will enter his third set of court proceedings over his songwriting, with the musician set to face a jury trial following a suit from a stakeholder in the estate of Marvin Gaye‘s co-writer.The ruling came yesterday (September 29) from Judge Louis Stanton, a senior district judge for the Southern District of New York. Per Billboard, the case will determine whether Ed Sheeran’s hit single ‘Thinking Out Loud’ is in breach of copyright due to its similarities with Gaye’s 1973 single ‘Let’s Get It On’.The suit came from Structured Asset Sales, a company that owns a stake in the copyrights of the estate of Ed Townsend – a co-writer on ‘Let’s Get It On’.

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31.03.2021 / 15:23

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Judge declines to dismiss new Ed Sheeran song-theft litigation that relies on newly registered Marvin Gaye copyright

A US judge has declined to dismiss the third lawsuit that alleges Ed Sheeran ripped off Marvin Gaye when writing his 2014 song ‘Thinking Out Loud’. This third round of litigation is very similar to the other two lawsuits linked to this dispute, although technically Sheeran is now accused of infringing Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ as published in 2020, rather than 1973.A quick recap.

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19.10.2020 / 14:40

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Ed Sheeran copyright case postponed because of COVID

The big song-theft legal battle between Ed Sheeran and the estate of Ed Townsend – which was due to arrive in court next month – has been postponed because of the impact COVID is having on the New York courts, not to mention the ability of Team Sheeran to travel to the US.Sheeran is accused of ripping off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ on his 2014 hit ‘Thinking Out Loud’. Townsend co-wrote Gaye’s song, and it was his estate that went legal over the song-theft claims.Earlier this month legal reps for Sheeran requested that the scheduled November court hearing be postponed.

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07.10.2020 / 14:21

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Ed Sheeran asks for Thinking Out Loud copyright case to be postponed because of COVID travel restrictions

Ed Sheeran’s lawyers have asked that the court hearing for the big song-theft legal battle over his song ‘Thinking Out Loud’ be postponed into 2021 because of current COVID travel restrictions. If that can’t happen, he and his team would have to spend four weeks in quarantine in two different countries before showing up at court.Sheeran is accused of ripping off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ on his 2014 hit and has been sued by the estate of the late songwriter Ed Townsend, who co-wrote Gaye’s song.There are plenty of parallels between this and other recent song-theft cases in the US courts, with the ruling in the ‘Stairway To Heaven’ litigation arguably favouring the Sheeran side.

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24.09.2020 / 13:57

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Renowned civil rights lawyer joins Let’s Get It On song-theft case

Lawyers representing the estate of the late songwriter Ed Townsend in the copyright dispute over Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ have claimed that the ongoing legal battle is another example of the music industry unfairly exploiting black musicians.The Townsend estate first sued Sheeran, his label Warner Music and publisher Sony/ATV back in 2016.

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12.06.2020 / 13:03

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Ed Sheeran sued again over Let’s Get It On song-theft claim, plaintiff hopes sneaky trick will strengthen their case

One of the parties suing Ed Sheeran over allegations he ripped off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ has filed a new lawsuit accusing Ed Sheeran of, well, ripping off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’. Why sue twice over the same song-theft claim? Well, to see if a sneaky trick can overcome a copyright technicality that could scupper their chances of winning lawsuit number one.Back in 2016 the heirs of ‘Let’s Get It On’ co-writer Ed Townsend sued Sheeran through the US courts over allegations that he had ripped off the “melody, harmony and rhythm compositions” of the Gaye classic on his 2014 record ‘Thinking Out Loud’.

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