A judge has ruled that EdSheeran must stand trial over accusations that his 2014 ThinkingOutLoud ripped off a MarvinGaye classic
A federal judge has ordered Ed Sheeran to stand trial over accusations that his 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud” ripped off Marvin Gaye’s iconic “Let’s Get It On”.
“There is no bright-line rule that the combination of two unprotectable elements is insufficiently numerous to constitute an original work,” the judge wrote in his ruling. “A work may be copyrightable even though it is entirely a compilation of unprotectable elements.
Some of Townsend’s other heirs filed a separate case involving their own respective stake in the song, which is now expected to go to trial eventually.
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