Monday, April 24, 2023

Ed Sheeran Trial: Did He Copy Marvin Gaye? Here’s What to Know.; The New York Times, April 24, 2023

, The New York Times; Ed Sheeran Trial: Did He Copy Marvin Gaye? Here’s What to Know.

"A closely watched music copyright trial is set to begin Monday in federal court in Manhattan, where a jury will decide a lawsuit accusing Ed Sheeran of copying his Grammy-winning ballad “Thinking Out Loud” from Marvin Gaye’s soul classic “Let’s Get It On.”...

The music industry is keenly interested in the outcome. Over the last decade, the business has been rocked by a series of infringement suits that have involved questions of just how much or how little of the work of pop songwriters can be protected by copyright, and how vulnerable they are to legal challenges."

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