Jury To Decide Ed Sheeran, Marvin Gaye Infringement Case

US district judge Louis Stanton has ruled that a jury will decide the outcome of a plagiarism lawsuit against Ed Sheeran over his No. 1 single “Thinking Out Loud.” The lawsuit, which alleges that Sheeran copied portions of Marvin Gaye’s 1973 hit “Let’s Get It On,” was launched against the…

Ed Sheeran Sued By Heirs of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ Co-Writer

According to court documents obtained by Digital Music News, several heirs to Edward Benjamin Townsend, co-writer of the Marvin Gaye’s popular hit song “Let’s Get It On,” are suing Edward Christopher Sheeran, better known as Ed Sheeran, co-writer Amy Wadge, and a long list of others for allegedly infringing on parts of the composition of […]

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The Lawyer Who Got $7.4 Million from Pharrell Is Now Suing Ed Sheeran for $20 Million

Another music industry lawsuit. This time it’s Ed Sheeran that faces the brunt of a copyright infringement lawsuit… Ed Sheeran is being sued for a massive $20 million for copying an X-Factor winner’s song, according to a report by Billboard. The massive global hit ‘Photograph’ has reportedly been swiped from Matt Cardle, the 2010 X-Factor […]

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Top 10 Illegal Sites Received 70 Million Complaints Last Year

According to Google’s transparency report, the top 10 infringing sites received 70 million complaints last year. This news comes after major copyright holders have been struggling to control massive online infringement for nearly two decades. There have been major efforts surrounding a proposed modification to the longstanding ‘Takedown’ policies, powered by a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) loophole. But, […]

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UK Govt: Stop Pirating Or 10 Years In Jail

UK Government says two years is not enough for copyright infringement offenses… The UK government has concluded that the punishment for online pirates should be a 10-year jail sentence, Torrent Freak reports. This decision comes after a study in March last year that was commissioned by the UK Intellectual Property Office. The study looked into […]

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