Ed Sheeran Wins In Let's Get It On 8 Day Trial After 3 Hours of Deliberation He Is Not Liable

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by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 4 – In 2017 Ed Sheeran was sued for allegedly infringing the copyright of Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" in his 2014 song, "Thinking Out Loud." 

 On April 24, 2023 the jury begins before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Louis L. Stanton. Inner City Press will cover it. 

 The actual Marvin Gaye recording may not be played for the jury. But a 2014 YouTube concern clip of Sheeran breaking into Let's Get It On while (singing) Thinking Out Loud may be - the clip is here, at 4:29.

   The plaintiff is not Marvin Gaye but rather Kathryn Griffin-Townsend as heir of Ed Townsend, Gaye's co-writer on "Let's Get It On." Among plaintiffs' counsel is Ben Crump.
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On May 4, the jury quickly decided that Sheeran is NOT liable. Inner City Press live tweeted it, here:

Now at 12:51 pm, lawyers assembling at both plaintiffs' and defense table - with Ed Sheeran there. There has been a verdict reached.

Court reporter has arrived with her machine. Verdict announcement is imminent.

All rise! Jurors file in. Courtroom Deputy makes sure all seven are present. They are.

Deputy: Listen to your verdict, did defendant [show he is not liable], answer: Yes.

Sheeran hugs his lawyer.

Judge Stanton: Jurors, you have completed your service
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