Ed Sheeran Music Copyright Trial Moves Forward, Jury Selected

Ed Sheeran Music Copyright Trial Moves Forward, Jury Selected
Ed Sheeran performs at Z100's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in New York on Dec. 10, 2021. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
The Associated Press
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NEW YORK—Opening statements were set to occur Tuesday after a jury was chosen in a trial that mashes up Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” with Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.”

The heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s co-writer of the 1973 soul classic, sued Sheeran, alleging the English pop star’s hit 2014 tune has “striking similarities” to “Let’s Get It On” and “overt common elements” that violate their copyright.