Ed Sheeran beat a 'Let's Get It On' copyright case at an appeals court, which ruled his “Thinking Out Loud” did not infringe the Marvin Gaye song.
Ed Sheeran arrives for his copyright infringement trial at Manhattan Federal Court on May 04, 2023 in New York City.‘s “Let’s Get It On,” a federal appeals court ruled Friday , saying the two songs share only “fundamental musical building blocks” that cannot be owned by any single songwriter.
Looking at the two songs more broadly, the Second Circuit also ruled that Sheeran’s track was clearly not similar enough to Gaye’s to amount to copyright infringement: “Neither the melody nor the lyrics of ‘Thinking Out’ Loud bears any resemblance to those in ‘Let’s Get It On.’ Undeniable and obvious differences exist between them.”that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and ultimately spent 46 weeks on the chart.
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