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Second Circuit Finds Marvin Gaye and Ed Sheeran Similarities Too Unoriginal for Copyright Protection
Sheeran affirming the Southern District of New York’s dismissal of copyright infringement claims filed against British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran ... the chord progression notated in Gaye ...
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Ed Sheeran Has Reportedly Won His Marvin Gaye Plagiarism Case Again, This Time In Appeals Court
Back in May 2023, Ed Sheeran vowed to be “done” with music if he were found guilty in his Marvin Gaye estate plagiarism ... “The four-chord progression at issue—ubiquitous in pop music ...
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Ed Sheeran Wins Marvin Gaye Copyright Case Appeal: ‘Ubiquitous’ Chord Progression
Ed Sheeran has emerged victorious ... a company that owns a small stake over Gaye’s song — argued that Sheeran copied a chord progression and rhythm from “Let’s Get It On.” ...
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Ed Sheeran beats Marvin Gaye copyright appeal over ‘Thinking Out Loud’
An appeals court has ruled that Ed Sheeran did not infringe the copyright of Marvin Gaye‘s ‘Let’s Get ... ‘Lego House’ singer had copied a chord progression and rhythm from the iconic ...
Los Angeles Times2y
Ed Sheeran triumphs in copyright lawsuit over Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On.’ Again.
Thinking out loud, it seems Ed Sheeran is enjoying a legal victory lap. Weeks after a New York jury found he did not plagiarize Marvin ... Gaye’s song. “It is an unassailable reality that the ...
The Fader2y
Ed Sheeran speaks about copyright trial: “I used four chords that are very common”
Last week Ed Sheeran was victorious in defending a legal case brought by heirs of the estate of Ed Townsend, a writer on Marvin Gaye's "Let's ... “There’s like four chords that get used ...
The Straits Times2y
Ed Sheeran wins copyright case over Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On
NEW YORK – A federal jury found on Thursday that English pop singer Ed Sheeran did not copy late soul singer Marvin ... syncopated chord pattern that the family of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s co ...
The Hindu2y
Jury finds Ed Sheeran didn't copy Marvin Gaye classic
A federal jury in New York concluded Thursday that British singer Ed Sheeran didn't steal key components of Marvin ... chord progression freely available to all songwriters. Gaye was killed ...
The Weekly Times2y
Sheeran’s song sounds ‘very, very similar’ to Gaye’s: music expert
Ed Sheeran said he would’ve had to “be an idiot” to copy a Marvin Gaye classic ... predate and postdate” Gaye’s song, “utilising the same or similar chord progression.” ...
LEADERSHIP Newspaper2y
Ed Sheeran Didn’t Copy Marvin Gaye Classic, Jury Rules
A federal jury found on Thursday that the pop singer Ed Sheeran did not copy Marvin Gaye ... a similar syncopated chord pattern that the family of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s co-writer, which filed ...
CBS News2y
Ed Sheeran didn't steal key parts of Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On," jury finds
A jury concluded Thursday that British singer Ed Sheeran didn't steal key components of Marvin ... and unprotectable chord progression freely available to all songwriters. Gaye was killed in ...