Popular British singer Ed Sheeran has been ordered to stand trial in the United States of America over claims that he copied late Mavi Gaye’s song titled ‘Let’s Get It On’.
Judge Stanton ruled on Friday that Ed Sheeran will face trial in the US over claims he copied his 2014 hit ‘Thinking Out Loud’ from Marvin Gaye’s 1973 classic ‘Let’s Get It On’.
The U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton in Manhattan denied Ed Sheeran’s bid to dismiss the copyright infringement suit lodged by Structured Asset Sales LLC, which owns a portion of ‘Let’s Get It On’ co-writer Ed Townsend’s estate.
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In his ruling, the presiding judge said that Sheeran must now face trial in the US amid claims Thinking Out Loud is copied from Gaye’s Let’s Get It On.
Judge Santon also ruled that a jury must decide whether the two songs are substantially similar
‘Although the two musical compositions are not identical, a jury could find that the overlap between the songs’ combination of chord progression and harmonic rhythm is very close,’ Stanton said.
