DNYUZ
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Television
    • Theater
    • Gaming
    • Sports
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel
No Result
View All Result
DNYUZ
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Supreme Court Rejects Bid To Reopen ‘Thinking Out Loud’ Copyright Lawsuit Against Ed Sheeran

June 17, 2025
in News
Supreme Court Rejects Bid To Reopen ‘Thinking Out Loud’ Copyright Lawsuit Against Ed Sheeran
493
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said that it would not hear a lawsuit filed against musician Ed Sheeran that alleged his hit single Thinking Out Loud copied Marvin Gaye’s classic Let’s Get It On.

The Supreme Court justices declined to hear an appeal filed by Structured Asset Sales, a company owned by investment banker David Pullman, that owns a partial stake in Gaye’s 1973 song. 

Structured Asset Sales first sued Sheeran, his record label Warner Music, and music publisher Sony Music Publishing in 2023, seeking monetary damages over alleged similarities between the two songs. A U.S. District Judge sided with Sheeran in the original case, concluding that the song’s melody, harmony, and rhythm were too common to require copyright protection. The New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decision last year. 

In a separate 2023 copyright lawsuit over the same issue filed by the heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s co-writer on the Motown classic, a jury in Manhattan federal court ruled in favor of Sheeran. Speaking outside the court at the time, Sheeran said: “We spent the past eight years talking about two songs with dramatically different lyrics, melodies and four chords which are also different and used by songwriters every day all over the world.”

He added: “These chords are common building blocks which were used to create music long before “Let’s Get It On” was written and will be used to make music long after we are all gone.  They are in a songwriter’s alphabet, our toolkit, and should be there for all of us to use. No one owns them or the way they are played, in the same way nobody owns the color blue.”

The Let’s Get It On case followed another high-profile lawsuit by Gaye’s estate, in which Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams were ordered to pay more than $5 million in 2018 after a court found that Thicke’s global smash Blurred Lines copied Gaye’s 1977 hit Got to Give It Up.

The post Supreme Court Rejects Bid To Reopen ‘Thinking Out Loud’ Copyright Lawsuit Against Ed Sheeran appeared first on Deadline.

Tags: Ed SheeranMarvin Gaye
Share197Tweet123Share
Lions, Falcons stop play and gather in prayer after Morice Norris suffers serious injury
News

Lions, Falcons stop play and gather in prayer after Morice Norris suffers serious injury

by Fox News
August 9, 2025

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Moments after Detroit Lions safety Morice Norris left the field in an ambulance ...

Read more
News

Georgia authorities identify suspect in CDC shooting as a 30-year-old man from suburban Atlanta

August 9, 2025
News

Star snaps of the week: Kylie Jenner, Justin Bieber, Brooks Nader and more

August 9, 2025
News

Yankees Devin Williams Finally Breaks Silence On Brutal Struggles

August 9, 2025
News

Trump Administration Suffers Double Legal Blow Within Hours

August 9, 2025
Why the internet is still obsessed with Octavia E. Butler, decades after her death

Why the internet is still obsessed with Octavia E. Butler, decades after her death

August 9, 2025
Middle East: Arab nations decry Israel’s new Gaza City plan

Middle East: Arab nations decry Israel’s new Gaza City plan

August 9, 2025
Labubu craze could spell doom for the economy, expert warns

Labubu craze could spell doom for the economy, expert warns

August 9, 2025

Copyright © 2025.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Gaming
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Sports
    • Television
    • Theater
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel

Copyright © 2025.