The heirs of Ed Townsend, who -wrote “Let’s Get It On” wh Marv Gaye, had acced the pop star of pyg “Thkg Out Loud.”
Contents:
- ‘BLURRED L’ INGED ON MARV GAYE COPYRIGHT, JURY RUL
- JURY FDS THAT ED SHEERAN DIDN'T PY MARV GAYE CLASSIC 'LET'S GET IT ON'
- DID ED SHEERAN PY MARV GAYE’S “LET’S GET IT ON”?
- DID ED SHEERAN PY MARV GAYE? TRIAL TO BEG ON MIC DISPUTE
- THE BLURRED L OF COPYRIGHT LAW: ROB THICKE V. MARV GAYE'S ESTATE
- JURY FDS ROB THICKE AND PHARRELL PIED A MARV GAYE SONG FOR BLURRED LJURY FDS ROB THICKE AND PHARRELL PIED A MARV GAYE SONG FOR BLURRED L
- ED SHEERAN WS COPYRIGHT CASE OVER MARV GAYE’S ‘LET’S GET IT ON’
- JURY: PHARRELL, ROB THICKE PIED MARV GAYE FOR "BLURRED L"
- ED SHEERAN CLEARED OF MIMICKG MARV GAYE’S ‘LET’S GET IT ON’
- JURY FDS ED SHEERAN DIDN’T PY MARV GAYE CLASSIC
- MARV GAYE
- ED SHEERAN FOUND NOT LIABLE OF COPYRIGHT INGEMENT OVER MARV GAYE CLASSIC
- JURY FDS ED SHEERAN DIDN'T COPY MARV GAYE CLASSIC TUNE 'LET’S GET IT ON'
- ED SHEERAN WS COPYRIGHT TRIAL AS JURY FDS HE DIDN’T COPY MARV GAYE
- ED SHEERAN TTIFI. DID HE COPY MARV GAYE? HERE’S WHAT TO KNOW.
- MARV GAYE'S FAY TO HOLD TI AND RERD LABELS RPONSIBLE FOR PYRIGHT GEMENT
‘BLURRED L’ INGED ON MARV GAYE COPYRIGHT, JURY RUL
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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe heirs of Ed Townsend, who -wrote “Let’s Get It On” wh Marv Gaye, had acced the pop star of pyg “Thkg Out Loud. “Y, Amy Wadge and I wrote the song ‘Thkg Out Loud, ’” he Newman/Associated PrsIn a closely watched mic pyright trial, jurors ultimately sid wh Ed Sheeran, who had been acced of pyg his Grammy-wng ballad “Thkg Out Loud” om Marv Gaye’s classic “Let’s Get It On. “Thkg Out Loud”Ed Sheeran“Let’s Get It On”Marv GayeWhat were the trial’s highlights?
”ImageEd Townsend was a songwrer and producer who llaborated wh Gaye on the “Let’s Get It On” Ochs Archiv/Getty ImagWhat parts of the songs are dispute? The trial was watched closely mic and legal circl as the latt example a seri of s that have alt wh whether monplace bs of harmony or melody n be owned by any poser or are part of the public trend began 2015 when a jury found that Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams, their h “Blurred L, ” had ged on the pyright of another Gaye tune, “Got to Give It Up, ” and they were orred to pay more than $5 ln damag. AdvertisementSKIP McCarten/RtersMarch 10, 2015For the last year and a half, the mic dtry has been gripped by a lawsu over whether Rob Thicke’s 2013 h “Blurred L” was merely remiscent of a song by Marv Gaye, or had crossed the le to plagiarism.
A feral jury Los Angel on Tuday agreed that “Blurred L” had gone too far, and pied elements of Gaye’s 1977 song “Got to Give It Up” whout permissn. Gaye’s and Frankie Gaye, two of Marv Gaye’s children, are to receive $4 ln damag pl about $3.
JURY FDS THAT ED SHEERAN DIDN'T PY MARV GAYE CLASSIC 'LET'S GET IT ON'
The jury found that Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams, who share a songwrg cred on the song, had mted pyright gement, and award more than $7.3 ln to Mr. Gaye’s fay. * marvin gaye copy *
Bch, a lawyer for the Gaye fay, portrayed the lg as a refutatn of that view.
”For the fay of Marv Gaye — who died 1984 — the jury’s verdict was wele.
DID ED SHEERAN PY MARV GAYE’S “LET’S GET IT ON”?
Mician Ed Sheeran is facg a high-profile pyright trial about whether his sgle “Thkg Out Loud” pied the classic Marv Gaye song “Let’s Get It On.” Chloe Melas has more tails. * marvin gaye copy *
Williams sued first, seekg a claratn om a judge to protect them agast gement claims that they said had been ma privately by the Gaye fay. Nona and Frankie Gaye quickly the verdict was read on Tuday, members of the Gaye fay — who were prent at urt throughout the trial — exulted and shed tears of joy. “I’m really grateful, ” said Janis Gaye, Marv’s former wife and the mother of Nona and Frankie Gaye.
”A rrectn was ma onMarch 13, 2015: An article on Wednday about the pyright gement trial volvg the song “Blurred L” referred imprecisely to the damag award to the fay of Marv Gaye.
DID ED SHEERAN PY MARV GAYE? TRIAL TO BEG ON MIC DISPUTE
A feral jury New York nclud Thursday that the Brish sger didn't steal key ponents of Marv Gaye's 1970s classic "Let's Get It On" when he created his h song "Thkg Out Loud." * marvin gaye copy *
Mician Ed Sheeran is facg a high-profile pyright trial about whether his sgle "Thkg Out Loud" pied the classic Marv Gaye song "Let's Get It On. NEW YORK — A feral jury New York nclud Thursday that Brish sger Ed Sheeran didn't steal key ponents of Marv Gaye's classic 1970s tune "Let's Get It On" when he created his h song "Thkg Out Loud. He then spoke for about 10 mut wh the platiffs, cludg the dghter of Ed Townsend, who -created the 1973 soul classic wh Gaye.
THE BLURRED L OF COPYRIGHT LAW: ROB THICKE V. MARV GAYE'S ESTATE
The English pop star is beg sued for his song ‘Thkg Out Loud’ and s siari to Marv Gaye’s h ‘Let’s Get It On’ * marvin gaye copy *
Gaye was killed 1984 at age 44, shot by his father as he tried to tervene a fight between his parents.
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.
JURY FDS ROB THICKE AND PHARRELL PIED A MARV GAYE SONG FOR BLURRED LJURY FDS ROB THICKE AND PHARRELL PIED A MARV GAYE SONG FOR BLURRED L
The posers of the h song “Blurred L”, Rob Thicke, Pharrell Williams and Clifford Harris, Jr. (a/k/a T.I.), have menced a lawsu agast Marv Gaye’s fay, as owners of Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up”, and Bridgeport Mic, as owner of Funkalic’s “Sexy Ways”. The plat is for claratory relief, [...] * marvin gaye copy *
” 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. For his part, Sheeran has said that he did not borrow om Gaye’s song, and that any siari rult om the ubiquy of certa chords and chord progrsns pop mic.
So specifilly, the jury’s qutn is, were the accsible and protectable elements of the Gaye song siar or not siar? Now, there’s a weird issue this Ed Sheeran/Marv Gaye dispute that has e up before mic s, and has to do wh the way that the Copyright Act changed the 1970s.
ED SHEERAN WS COPYRIGHT CASE OVER MARV GAYE’S ‘LET’S GET IT ON’
Gaye fay award $7.3 ln * marvin gaye copy *
” So, ’s gog to be this very limed ia of whether there is anythg novel or new about Gaye’s chord progrsn, which would mean was protected. They started the se wh a vio of Ed Sheeran dog his own mashup of his song “Thkg Out Loud” wh Marv Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On, ” and they have been argug to the jury that that was effectively an admissn of pyright gement, if you n mash the songs up so seamlsly. Tompros: The two most obv prr s that might give some guidance are an earlier Marv Gaye se, and the very important, recent Led Zeppel “Stairway to Heaven” se.
In 2015, a jury cid that the Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams song “Blurred L” ged a different Marv Gaye song, “Got to Give Up, ” and award more than $5 ln damag. On the other hand, the platiffs are hopg for a rult like Marv Gaye’s tate got the “Blurred L” se.
There would have to be a showg that somehow the Gaye song’s tate is beg harmed by Sheeran’s song beg out the market a way that n’t be pensated by money.
JURY: PHARRELL, ROB THICKE PIED MARV GAYE FOR "BLURRED L"
Jury awards $7.4 ln to fay of Marv Gaye after fdg 2013 h song ripped off Gaye's 1977 h "Got to Give It Up." * marvin gaye copy *
When the “Blurred L”/Marv Gaye verdict me out, was a huge surprise and ed a lot of folks to thk refully vettg new releas to avoid lawsus.
Jury selectn and openg statements are expected to beg Monday, April 24, 2023, a trial that mash up Ed Sheeran’s “Thkg Out Loud” wh Marv Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.
A lawsu is set to beg on Monday agast mil artist Ed Sheeran, on claims that he pied parts of soul in Marv Gaye’s h “Let’s Get It On” his Grammy-wng song “Thkg Out Loud.
ED SHEERAN CLEARED OF MIMICKG MARV GAYE’S ‘LET’S GET IT ON’
Pop star Ed Sheeran won a closely watched trial over claims that his 2014 Grammy-wng song Thkg Out Loud pied key mil elements om Marv Gaye’s classic soul groove Let’s Get It On. * marvin gaye copy *
Acrdg to Rters, “Townsend’s heirs sued Sheeran for pyright gement 2017, claimg ‘Thkg Out Loud’ pied the ‘heart’ of Gaye’s song cludg s melody, harmony and rhythm. ), have menced a lawsu agast Marv Gaye’s fay, as owners of Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up”, and Bridgeport Mic, as owner of Funkalic’s “Sexy Ways”. The platiffs menced the lawsu bee both Marv Gaye’s fay and Bridgeport Mic have threatened the platiffs wh pyright gement ligatn based on siari between “Blurred L” and each of “Got to Give It Up” and “Sexy Ways”, rpectively.
The key qutn of the lawsu is: uld the posers be held liable for pyright gement if they were fluenced and spired by Marv Gaye’s and Funkalic’s prr works, but did not actually sample such prr works or otherwise lerally py any of Marv Gaye’s or Funkalic’s mic or lyrics?
JURY FDS ED SHEERAN DIDN’T PY MARV GAYE CLASSIC
A jury has nclud that Brish sger Ed Sheeran's h song “Thkg Out Loud” didn't py key ponents of Marv Gaye's classic tune “Let's Get It On.” The verdict Thursday me after a two-week trial that featured Sheeran sgg and playg guar on the wns stand. Outsi the urthoe, the sger told reporters he won't be a “piggy bank” for those who sue micians. Sheeran was sued by the heirs of songwrer Ed Townsend, who created the 1973 soul classic wh Gaye. After the verdict, Sheeran hugged Kathryn Townsend Griff, Townsend's dghter, and she said they n now be iends. * marvin gaye copy *
Marv Gaye (Photo cred: Wikipedia).
In the se at hand, the platiffs had accs to, and were likely fluenced and spired by, Marv Gaye’s and Funkalic’s prr works. Jury fds Rob Thicke and Pharrell pied a Marv Gaye song for Blurred L / Gaye fay award $7.
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Marv Gaye, Amerin soul sger-songwrer-producer who, to a large extent, hered the era of artist-ntrolled popular mic of the 1970s. Among his h songs were ‘I Heard It Through the Grapeve,’ ‘A’t Nothg Like the Real Thg,’ ‘What’s Gog On,’ ‘Let’s Get It On,’ and ‘Sexual Healg.’ * marvin gaye copy *
Source Associated Prs Mar 10, 2015, 10:06 PM UTC|Share this storyRob Thicke and Pharrell pied a classic Marv Gaye song while wrg their 2013 h "Blurred L, " a jury found this afternoon.
ED SHEERAN FOUND NOT LIABLE OF COPYRIGHT INGEMENT OVER MARV GAYE CLASSIC
A jury nclud Thursday that Ed Sheeran didn't steal key ponents of Marv Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” wh his h song “Thkg Out Loud.” * marvin gaye copy *
Acrdg to the Associated Prs, Gay' children are beg award $7. I., who appeared on the track, did not ge on Gaye's pyright. The Gaye fay is now askg for an junctn on sal of "Blurred L, " acrdg to The Wrap's Pamela 's fay sued after noticg siari to their father's song the 2013 h.
Thicke had argued that he was too high and dnk to have pied Gaye, let alone legimately ntribute to the track.
JURY FDS ED SHEERAN DIDN'T COPY MARV GAYE CLASSIC TUNE 'LET’S GET IT ON'
A jury nclud Ed Sheeran didn’t steal key ponents of Marv Gaye’s classic “Let’s Get It On” when he created his h song “Thkg Out Loud. * marvin gaye copy *
There's no hidg that micians often emulate sounds om the past, but Gaye's lawyers argued that Thicke's song went que a b further than that, reportedly posg that parts of Gaye's song appeared all but two bars of "Blurred L. NEW YORK — A feral jury New York nclud Thursday that Brish sger Ed Sheeran didn’t steal key ponents of Marv Gaye’s classic 1970s tune “Let’s Get It On” when he created his h song “Thkg Out Loud.
A jury nclud Thursday that Brish sger Ed Sheeran didn’t steal key ponents of Marv Gaye’s classic 1970s tune “Let’s Get It On” when he created his h song “Thkg Out Loud. Sheeran sat wh his legal team throughout the trial, fendg himself agast the lawsu by the heirs of songwrer Ed Townsend, who created the 1973 soul classic wh Gaye.
AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTEd Sheeran Ws Copyright Case Over Marv Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’The pop star was acced of pyg the 1973 classic for his 2014 h “Thkg Out Loud. Sheeran had created his song “Thkg Out Loud” penntly and did not py Marv Gaye’s classic “Let’s Get It On.
ED SHEERAN WS COPYRIGHT TRIAL AS JURY FDS HE DIDN’T COPY MARV GAYE
Rosenfeld/Getty ImagA feral jury found on Thursday that the pop sger Ed Sheeran did not py Marv Gaye’s classic “Let’s Get It On” for his 2014 h “Thkg Out Loud, ” the mic dtry’s hight-profile pyright se two weeks a downtown Manhattan urtroom, Mr. Wadge observed among elrs their two tracks share a siar synpated chord pattern that the fay of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s -wrer, which filed the su, lled the “heart” of “Let’s Get It On. ”“Thkg Out Loud”Ed Sheeran“Let’s Get It On”Marv GayeThe se, which was filed 2017 and had been layed part by the ronavis panmic, volved qutns of origaly pop mic that have been tted a seri of recent s, stokg fears among micians that the le between spiratn and plagiarism was beg a 2015 cisn that shook the bs, Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams’s song “Blurred L” was found to have ged Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up.
On “Let’s Get It On, ” that notatn was meant that the jury never heard Gaye’s origal rerdg, which went to No. “This is a w for all songwrers, cludg the next Ed Townsend and the next Marv Gaye, ” said Jennifer Jenks, a law profsor at De who specializ mic pyright. A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 18 of the New York edn wh the headle: Sheeran H Didn’t Copy Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On, ’ Jury Fds.
ED SHEERAN TTIFI. DID HE COPY MARV GAYE? HERE’S WHAT TO KNOW.
LOS ANGELES -- A jury says sgers Pharrell Williams and Rob Thicke pied a Marv Gaye song to create "Blurred L" and award $7. 4 ln to Gaye's eight-person panel reached the cisn Tuday after hearg nearly a week of ttimony about siari between "Blurred L" -- the biggt h of 2013 -- and Gaye's 1977 h "Got to Give It Up.
"Gaye's children -- Nona, Frankie and Marv Gaye III -- sued the sgers 2013 and were prent when the verdict was read.
MARV GAYE'S FAY TO HOLD TI AND RERD LABELS RPONSIBLE FOR PYRIGHT GEMENT
Nona Gaye wept as the verdict was beg read and was hugged by her attorney, Richard Bch.
"Right now, I feel ee, " Nona Gaye said after the verdict.
He told jurors that while Gaye's mic was part of the soundtrack of his youth, he didn't e any of for "Blurred L.