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Ed Sheeran wins US 'Thinking Out Loud' copyright trial

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Published on: 05 May 2023
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Law360: On 4 May 2023, a Manhattan federal jury deliberated for just two and a half hours before determining that Ed Sheeran's Grammy-winning song ‘Thinking Out Loud’ did not copy from Marvin Gaye's Motown classic ‘Let's Get It On’, dealing a win to the British singer-songwriter in a long-running copyright case.

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