Ed Sheeran didn't ge pyright of Marv Gaye's 'Let's Get It On' : NPR

Contents:

• JURY FDS THAT ED SHEERAN DIDN'T PY MARV GAYE CLASSIC 'LET'S GET IT ON'
• ED SHEERAN AND MARV GAYE PYRIGHT URT SE ULD BE LAYED UNTIL NEXT YEAR
• ED SHEERAN PLAYS MASH-UP OF MARV GAYE SONGS DURG TTIMONY AT PYRIGHT TRIAL
• ED SHEERAN VS MARV GAYE: WHY THIS LAWSU IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULO
• ED SHEERAN MT FACE TRIAL OVER ACCATN THAT HE COPIED MARV GAYE SONG
• IN BRIEF: MARV GAYE TATE'S SE AGAST ED SHEERAN LAYED
• ED SHEERAN IS BEG SUED FOR ALLEGEDLY PYG MARV GAYE — HERE'S WHERE THE TRIAL STANDS
• ED SHEERAN VS. MARV GAYE: THE LAWSU EXPLAED

JURY FDS THAT ED SHEERAN DIDN'T PY MARV GAYE CLASSIC 'LET'S GET IT ON'

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.

ED SHEERAN AND MARV GAYE PYRIGHT URT SE ULD BE LAYED UNTIL NEXT YEAR

“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?

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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.

ED SHEERAN PLAYS MASH-UP OF MARV GAYE SONGS DURG TTIMONY AT PYRIGHT TRIAL

He then spoke for about 10 mut wh the platiffs, cludg the dghter of Ed Townsend, who -created the 1973 soul classic wh Gaye. Gaye was killed 1984 at age 44, shot by his father as he tried to tervene a fight between his parents.

Ed Sheeran‘s trial over allegedly pyg Marv Gaye’s inic sgle ‘Let’s Get It On’ has been layed. Last year, was revealed that a su had been filed agast the ‘Shape Of You’ sger by the fay of Ed Townsend, who -wrote Gaye’s 1973 classic. Marv Gaye and Ed Sheeran.

Sheeran’s fence argu that Gaye’s origal song was a “sexual anthem”, while ‘Thkg Out Loud’ was stead known for “sombre, melancholic ton, addrsg long-lastg romantic love. Ed Sheeran has feated a pyright gement lawsu volvg his Grammy-wng song "Thkg Out Loud" and the Marv Gaye classic "Let's Get It On.

ED SHEERAN VS MARV GAYE: WHY THIS LAWSU IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULO

Shannon Stapleton/RtersSheeran took the stand throughout the trial, at tim sgg and playg guar durg his one pot, the mician performed a mash-up on guar of his songs and Marv Gaye's as he tried to monstrate how mon the four-chord progrsn was for his h "Thkg Out Loud.

Sheeran won a pyright gement se last year volvg "Shape of You, " while Gaye's heirs, who are not volved this current lawsu, won a se 2015 agast Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams volvg "Got to Give Up. "Ed Sheeran picked up his guar and performed a mash-up of his songs and Marv Gaye's as he tried to monstrate how mon the four-chord progrsn was for his h "Thkg Out Loud. Ed Sheeran has found himself as a fendant a new US lawsu which claims he has pied elements of a classic Marv Gaye song.

No, 's the signifintly more inic 'Let's Get It On' that's apparently been ged Sheeran's 2014 chart-topper 'Thkg Out Loud''s important to note om the off that isn't Marv Gaye's tate who have filed the lawsu this time. That beg said, if the Townsend tate is succsful, surely would raise a green flag for the Gay to swoop and also claim their half too?

ED SHEERAN MT FACE TRIAL OVER ACCATN THAT HE COPIED MARV GAYE SONG

"When you hear Ed's vol om 'Thkg Out Loud' over an stmental of Gaye's 'Let's Get It On', do f very neatly.

So the stmental might be siar, but the same four chords have been ed mic for fact that The Temptatns' 'My Girl' - released ne years before 'Let's Get It On' - also slis nicely to the above mash-up, suggts that Gaye's inic track wasn't exactly sensatnally origal to beg wh. 8m to the Gaye tate last year, the mic dtry warned that set a ncerng precent for future s to be brought forward. Ed Sheeran Mt Face Trial Over Accatn That He Copied Marv Gaye Song.

IN BRIEF: MARV GAYE TATE'S SE AGAST ED SHEERAN LAYED

A feral judge refed to toss the se out, lg that a jury might ci that "Thkg Out Loud" ged Gaye's inic "Let's Get It On. A feral judge says Ed Sheeran mt face a jury trial over whether he stole key piec of his “Thkg Out Loud” om Marv Gaye‘s inic “Let’s Get It On, ” rejectg the Brish sger-songwrer’s efforts to toss out the long-nng pyright se. Sheeran’s attorneys argued that the lawsu – filed by an enty that owns a partial stake Gaye’s famo 1973 song – was valid bee the batn of simple elements the sger allegedly stole was not unique enough to be vered by a pyright the first place.

After he was h wh the current lawsu 2018, Sheeran’s lawyers argued that the elements he allegedly took om the Gaye’s song – a chord progrsn and the harmonic rhythm – were too monplace to be the exclive property of any one songwrer. ” But they say that when they were bed together Gaye’s famo song, they beme somethg more origal and worthy of pyright protectn.

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

The pyright protectn afford to such songs is very weak, but Judge Stanton said a jury might still be able to fd that Sheeran’s song was close enough that ged Gaye’s track.

Gaye’s heirs beme famo when they succsfully sued Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams over allegatns that “Blurred L” ged “Got to Give It Up. Instead, the se was filed by an enty owned by dtry executive David Pullman lled Stctured Asset Sal, which owns a one-third stake the pyrights of Ed Townsend, who -wrote “Let’s Get It On” wh Gaye.

ED SHEERAN VS. MARV GAYE: THE LAWSU EXPLAED

A trial that had been schled to beg next month a lawsu accg English sger and songwrer Ed Sheeran of stealg om Marv Gaye’s 1973 classic “Let’s Get It On” his 2014 Grammy-wng smash “Thkg Out Loud” has been layed until next trial had been schled to beg next month, wh a jury set to ci whether Sheeran, Sony/ATV Mic Publishg and Atlantic Rerds should be liable to the tate and heirs of the late producer Ed Townsend, who -wrote “Let’s Get It On” wh Gaye.