The copyright infringement trial of music superstar Ed Sheeran got underway Monday in Manhattan. He is being sued for alleged similarities between his song, 'Thinking Out Loud,' and the classic Marvin Gaye tune, 'Let's Get It On.' DaveCarlinTV reports.
, who represents the Townsend family, says intellectual property being stolen from Black artists has been going on for decades in the music industry.
"For far too long, Black artists have created, inspired and spread music all around the world. And Ed Townsend's family believes artists', like Mr. Sheeran's, infringement of Black artists is merely another example of artists exploiting the genius and the work of Black singers and songwriters," Crump said.
Last year in the United Kingdom, Sheeran successfully defended himself in a separate case involving his 2017 song"Shape of You." A pair of musicians argued Sheeran's track infringed"particular lines and phrases" of their 2015 song"Oh Why."During that time, Sheeran explained how songwriting leads to unintentional similarities and misunderstandings.
"Coincidence is bound to happen. If 60,000 songs are being released a day on Spotify, that's 22 million songs a year. There are only 12 notes that are available," Sheeran said.The plaintiffs in that case claim emails were sent within Sheeran's team acknowledging the songs sounded like one another. They ask to be compensated based on the percentage of the song the court decides was copied, even if the chord progression was taking coincidentally.
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