Did Sheeran copy from Gaye's 'Let's Get It On'?
The Independent writes of the "plagiarism" charge against singer Ed Sheeran:
Ed Sheeran is being sued for $100m (€85.6m) for allegedly plagiarising parts of Marvin Gaye's classic 'Let's Get It On' for his hit 'Thinking Out Loud'.
According to legal documents lodged in New York, the British star's 2014 track copies the "melody, rhythms, harmonies, drums, bass line, backing chorus, tempo, syncopation and looping" of Gaye's 1973 song.
The claim has been brought by a company called Structured Asset Sales (SAS), which owns part of the copyright of Gaye's song.
Gaye co-wrote the track alongside Edward Townsend in 1973. Townsend died in 2003 but SAS bought one-third of the copyright.
link: https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/ed-sheeran-in-100m-gaye-plagiarism-case-over-gaye-song-plagiarism-37065705.html
Ed Sheeran is being sued for $100m (€85.6m) for allegedly plagiarising parts of Marvin Gaye's classic 'Let's Get It On' for his hit 'Thinking Out Loud'.
According to legal documents lodged in New York, the British star's 2014 track copies the "melody, rhythms, harmonies, drums, bass line, backing chorus, tempo, syncopation and looping" of Gaye's 1973 song.
The claim has been brought by a company called Structured Asset Sales (SAS), which owns part of the copyright of Gaye's song.
Gaye co-wrote the track alongside Edward Townsend in 1973. Townsend died in 2003 but SAS bought one-third of the copyright.
link: https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/ed-sheeran-in-100m-gaye-plagiarism-case-over-gaye-song-plagiarism-37065705.html
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