Jury Finds Ed Sheeran Didn’t Copy Marvin Gaye Classic

Jury Finds Ed Sheeran Didn’t Copy Marvin Gaye Classic
People walk along Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights during the late afternoon in the Brooklyn Borough of New York on May 4, 2023. Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images
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NEW YORK—A federal jury in New York concluded Thursday that British singer Ed Sheeran didn’t steal key components of Marvin Gaye’s classic 1970s tune “Let’s Get It On” when he created his hit song “Thinking Out Loud.”

As the jury answered the single question of whether Sheeran proved he didn’t infringe upon the copyright in the affirmative, the crooner briefly put his hands over his face in relief before standing and hugging his lawyer.