Did Ed Sheeran py Marv Gaye's "Let's Get It On"? - Harvard Law School | Harvard Law School

Contents:

• DID ED SHEERAN H STEAL MARV GAYE CLASSIC? TRIAL TO TELL.
• ED SHEERAN IS BEG SUED FOR ALLEGEDLY PYG MARV GAYE — HERE'S WHERE THE TRIAL STANDS
• ED SHEERAN DIDN’T COPY MARV GAYE SONG IN ‘THKG OUT LOUD,’ JURY FDS
• ED SHEERAN SONG ‘SOUNDS VERY, VERY SIAR’ TO MARV GAYE’S, MIC EXPERT SAYS AT TRIAL
• ED SHEERAN TAK THE STAND MARV GAYE PYRIGHT TRIAL OVER 2014 H 'THKG OUT LOUD'
• DID ED SHEERAN RIP OFF MARV GAYE'S LET'S GET IT ON? WHAT'S AT STAKE THIS WEEK'S TRIAL
• DID ED SHEERAN PY MARV GAYE’S “LET’S GET IT ON”?
• ED SHEERAN SUED FOR ALLEGEDLY COPYG MARV GAYE’S LET'S GET IT ON
• ED SHEERAN FOUND NOT LIABLE OF PYG MARV GAYE'S "LET'S GET IT ON" H SONG "THKG OUT LOUD"

DID ED SHEERAN H STEAL MARV GAYE CLASSIC? TRIAL TO TELL.

Jury selectn and openg statements began Monday a trial that mash up Ed Sheeran's "Thkg Out Loud" wh Marv Gaye's "Let's Get It On.

" The heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye's -wrer of the 1973 soul classic, sued Sheeran, allegg the English pop star's 2014 h tune has "strikg siari" to "Let's Get It On" and "overt mon elements" that vlate their two songs were released s apart, but some say they sound seamls when paired together.

ED SHEERAN IS BEG SUED FOR ALLEGEDLY PYG MARV GAYE — HERE'S WHERE THE TRIAL STANDS

The Amerin Soul mician Marv Gaye, who died 1984, performs onstage at the Holiday Star Theater, Merrillville, Indiana, June 10, 1983. Over the remblance of their 2013 h "Blurred L" to Gaye's 1977 classic "Got to Give Up.

A jury award Gaye's heirs $7.

Already a Motown superstar the 1960s before his more adult 1970s output ma him a generatnal mil giant, Gaye was killed 1984 at age 44, shot by his father as he tried to tervene a fight between his parents. Marv Gaye. Mician Ed Sheeran was urt this week to ny claims that his 2014 song "Thkg Out Loud" is a py of Marv Gaye's 1973 classic "Let's Get On.

ED SHEERAN DIDN’T COPY MARV GAYE SONG IN ‘THKG OUT LOUD,’ JURY FDS

"The high-profile pyright se was brought by the heirs of Ed Townsend, who -wrote "Let's Get It On" wh Gaye. Gaye died 1984 and Townsend died 2003.

"We have a smokg gun, " Cmp said of the mash-up add that Sheeran "regnized the magic" of Gaye's song and claimed that he had "cid to pture a b of that magic for his own benef. Sheeran will have to nvce a New York feral jury that his 2014 h song "Thkg Out Loud" didn't py om Marv Gaye's classic soul groove "Let's Get It On, " the latt trial an creasgly lig mic dtry. Sger-songwrer Ed Sheeran was found not liable Thursday a pyright gement lawsu that alleged his h “Thkg Out Loud” stole elements om the inic 1973 Marv Gaye song “Let’s Get It On, ” multiple news outlets reported, markg a victory for the mic dtry.

ED SHEERAN SONG ‘SOUNDS VERY, VERY SIAR’ TO MARV GAYE’S, MIC EXPERT SAYS AT TRIAL

The lawsu was brought by the scendants of Ed Townsend, who -wrote “Let’s Get It On” wh Gaye, and foced on mil posn elements like harmoni, lyrics and melodi. The Townsend tate claimed Sheeran and Wadge had stolen the chord posn om Gaye’s song, and showed a vio of Sheeran performg live and transng smoothly om “Thkg Out Loud” to a ver of “Let’s Get It On, ” which they lled a “smokg gun.

ED SHEERAN TAK THE STAND MARV GAYE PYRIGHT TRIAL OVER 2014 H 'THKG OUT LOUD'

This isn’t the first time Marv Gaye’s mic has been volved pyright gement sus, eher. In 2018, Pharrell Williams and Rob Thicke were orred by a judge to pay the Gaye tate almost $5 ln dollars after a 2015 lg that their song “Blurred L” pied Gaye’s 1977 song “Got to Give It Up” was upheld urt. Ed Sheeran not liable Marv Gaye pyright battle, jury l (Washgton Post).

Mician Ed Sheeran’s urt se ntued Wednday a high-profile pyright trial about whether his smash sgle “Thkg Out Loud” pied the classic Marv Gaye song “Let’s Get It On. Sheeran is acced of pyg “Let’s Get It On” by the heirs of Ed Townsend, who -wrote the 1973 h wh Gaye.

In his own openg statement Tuday, Townsend attorney Ben Cmp noted Sheeran played his ballad and Gaye’s song back-to-back a medley durg a ncert, and lled the moment a “smokg gun. NEW YORK — Ed Sheeran took the wns stand a New York urtroom Tuday to ny allegatns that his h song “Thkg Out Loud” ripped off Marv Gaye's soul classic “Let's Get It On.

DID ED SHEERAN RIP OFF MARV GAYE'S LET'S GET IT ON? WHAT'S AT STAKE THIS WEEK'S TRIAL

”Sheeran, 32, was lled to ttify the civil trial by the heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye's -wrer on the 1973 soul classic. The fay has acced the English star of vlatg their pyright, claimg his 2014 h bore “strikg siari” and “overt mon elements” to the famed Gaye track. "'Subtract':Ed Sheeran says his upg album is a 'trapdoor' to his soul and anx mdGaye's tate is not volved the se, though will evably have echo of their succsful lawsu agast Rob Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.

Over the remblance of their 2013 h "Blurred L" to Gaye's 1977 "Got to Give Up. " A jury award Gaye's heirs $7. Songwrers clashg urt more often after 'Blurred L'Already a Motown superstar the 1960s before his more adult 1970s output ma him a generatnal mil giant, Gaye was killed 1984 at age 44, shot by his father as he tried to tervene a fight between his Sheeran has faced a pyright trial beforeMajor artists are often h wh lawsus allegg song-stealg, but nearly all settle before trial — as Taylor Swift recently did over "Shake Off, " endg a lawsu that lasted years longer and me closer to trial than most other Sheeran — whose mil style drawg om classic soul, pop and R&B has ma him a target for pyright lawsus — has shown a willgns to go to trial before.

A trial cidg whether Ed Sheeran pied his Grammy-wng song Thkg Out Loud om Marv Gaye's 1973 classic Let's Get It On begs on Monday. The heirs of Ed Townsend, Marv Gaye’s -wrer of the soul h Let's Get It On, sued Sheeran, allegg the Brish pop star’s h 2014 tune has “strikg siari” and “overt mon elements” that vlate their lawsu was filed back 2017 but has only jt ma to a trial. Here's Marv Gaye's Let's Get It On:Here's Ed Sheeran's Thkg Out Loud:.

DID ED SHEERAN PY MARV GAYE’S “LET’S GET IT ON”?

The trial has echo of a lawsu, filed by Gaye's tate, agast Rob Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.

Over the remblance of their 2013 h “Blurred L” to Gaye’s 1977 “Got to Give Up”. A jury award Gaye’s heirs $7.

ED SHEERAN SUED FOR ALLEGEDLY COPYG MARV GAYE’S LET'S GET IT ON

Crics like Kg and Rodgers would argue that a loss for Sheeran uld further lim micians' creativy and lead to labels and artists routely shellg out orr to settle lawsus before they reach the would argue that a loss for Sheeran empowers micians, pecially emergg or late on, who've had their work stolen by big were Ed Townsend and Marv Gaye? Edor’s note: On May 4, after three hours of liberatn, a jury found that Ed Sheeran did not py Marv Gaye’s “Let’s Get On. In 1973, sger-songwrer Marv Gaye reached number one on the Billboard Pop Sgl chart wh his new R&B h for Motown Rerds, lled “Let’s Get It On.

ED SHEERAN FOUND NOT LIABLE OF PYG MARV GAYE'S "LET'S GET IT ON" H SONG "THKG OUT LOUD"

” Cowrten wh producer Ed Townsend, the sensual sgle sold more than two ln pi the weeks after s release, and helped solidify Gaye as the “Prce of Soul” and an Amerin mic in. Recently, the heirs of Townsend, Gaye’s wrer, sued Sheeran, allegg that aspects of his song pied parts of “Let’s Get It On” — vlatg the heirs’ pyright — to the tune of $100 ln damag.