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Ed Sheeran performs in court to defend against Marvin Gaye copyright claims.

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Source: The Guardian
Ed Sheeran performs in court to defend against Marvin Gaye copyright claims.
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Ed Sheeran testified in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, playing the chord progression to his hit song Thinking Out Loud and singing on the witness stand in a trial over whether he copied Marvin Gaye’s classic Let’s Get it On. Sheeran is being sued by heirs of songwriter Ed Townsend, Gaye’s co-writer on the 1973 song, who are seeking a share of profits from Thinking Out Loud, saying that the syncopated chord progression was copied from Let’s Get It On. The trial is expected to resume on Monday.

Topics:entertainmentmusic#copyright-case#ed-sheeran#lets-get-it-on#marvin-gaye#music#thinking-out-loud
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