NEW YORK - A jury will now decide whether British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran ripped off Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On after hearing closing arguments on Wednesday (May 3) in a week-long copyright trial. Sheeran's lawyer, Ilene Farkas, told the jurors in Manhattan federal court that similarities in the chord progressions and rhythms of Gaye's classic and Sheeran's hit Thinking...
Singer Ed Sheeran departs the Manhattan federal court following his copyright trial in New York City, US on May 2.NEW YORK - A jury will now decide whether British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran ripped off Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On after hearing closing arguments on Wednesday in a week-long copyright trial.
"These are basic musical building blocks that songwriters now and forever must be free to use, or all of us who love music will be poorer for it," she said. "Mr Sheeran is counting on you to be very, very overwhelmed by his commercial success," she said, urging jurors to use their "common sense" to decide whether the songs are similar.
Townsend's heirs in 2017 sued Sheeran, his label Warner Music Group and his music publisher Sony Music Publishing, claiming infringement of their copyright interest in the Gaye song.Sheeran and his co-writer, Amy Wadge, both testified during the trial that they did not copy Let's Get It On. Sheeran said he had only passing familiarity with the song and that Thinking Out Loud was inspired by Irish musician Van Morrison.
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