Ed Sheeran Cleared of Copyright Infringement in Marvin Gaye Case.
TL;DR
Ed Sheeran has been found not liable for copying Marvin Gaye's 1973 classic for his own "Thinking Out Loud" in the music industry's highest-profile copyright case in years. Sheeran's victory maintains music copyright's status quo, and the "Let's Get It On" side faced a difficult burden. Musicologists hired as expert witnesses for each side presented dry, abstract analyses of the music and seemed to take every opportunity to put each other down. Race played less of a role than expected at trial.
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