A long-term affair. Accused in 2016 of being too inspired by the song. let’s get it Us of Marvin Gaye for his hit Thinking out loudEd Sheeran will soon have to face US justice during a lawsuit filed by the heirs of the co-author of the song.
The ruling was issued Thursday by Judge Louis Stanton, chief judge for the Southern District of New York. According to US media. BillboardThis legal proceeding will aim to determine whether or not Ed Sheeran’s hit single infringes the copyright of the Marvin Gaye title released in 1973.
“Although the two musical compositions are not identical, a jury could find that the overlap between the combination of the chord progression and the harmonic rhythm of the songs is very close,” Louis Stanton said in comments reported by the New York Post.
$100 million in damage
The complaint, which dates back to 2016, was filed by investment banker David Pullman and his company Structured Asset Sales, which owns part of the co-author’s estate. Let’s move onEd Townsend.
The latter demand 100 million dollars in damages from Ed Sheeran and assure that the artist and his co-writer Amy Wadge “copied and exploited, without authorization or credit” the Marvin Gaye song, “including its melody, its rhythms, its harmonies, its drums, its bass line, its chorus, its tempo, its syncopation and its loop”, as specified in the BBC.
Second trial for plagiarism in six months
This trial, which will take place in Manhattan and whose date has not yet been set, comes six months after a similar case in which Ed Sheeran was accused of plagiarism, this time for his song. shape of yours.
In early April, the 31-year-old British singer won his case at the High Court in London and was awarded more than a million euros in damages to cover his legal costs. Following the ruling, Ed Sheeran criticized “unsubstantiated” copyright claims, which he says are “too common”.
Nor is it the first time that Marvin Gaye’s discography has been the subject of a legal process for plagiarism. In 2018, artists Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke were ordered to pay $5 million in compensation to the estate of the singer, whose title they partially copied. have to leave it for your tube Blurred lines.
Source: BFM TV
