Ed Sheeran victorious in copyright case over Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On'
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Ed Sheeran has won a lawsuit filed by heirs of Marvin Gaye co-writer Ed Townsend, who claimed that Sheeran's hit song "Thinking Out Loud" copied the "heart" of Gaye's song "Let's Get It On". Sheeran hugged his team inside a Manhattan court after jurors ruled he had "independently" created the song. The closely-watched lawsuit was seen as a test case for musicians' creative freedom. Sheeran said the verdict was a win for songwriters' creative freedom. The case was Sheeran's second copyright trial in a year.
Topics:entertainment#copyright-infringement#creative-freedom#ed-sheeran#marvin-gaye#music#music-industry
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