The singer was victorious once again in federal court (Picture: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
Ed Sheeran has beaten yet another lawsuit about his hit song Thinking Out Loud, after a judge dismissed the case.
Earlier this month, the singer won a court trial after being accused of copying parts of Marvin Gaye’s track Let’s Get It On for his own 2014 release, which he denied.
After being taken to court by the family of Gaye’s co-writer, the jurors ruled that he had not infringed on the family’s copyright, as he celebrated his victory in the landmark ruling.
Two weeks later, the 32-year-old has defeated another copyright lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan, which was brought by Structured Asset Sales LLC.
The judge, US District Judge Louis Stanton decided that the portions of the 1973 song that he was accused of mimicking were too common to be protected by copyright, Reuters reported.
Stanton, who presided over both of the court cases, concluded that in Let’s Get It On, the combination of chord progression and the harmonic rhythm was a ‘basic musical building block’ that was commonly used.
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Sheeran’s attorney Ilene Farkas said that the decision was ‘an important victory not only for Ed’ and his collaborator Amy Wadge, ‘but for all songwriters and consumers of music’.
It was recently revealed that the musician’s long-time collaborator Wadge had the verdict of the first court ruling tattooed as part of her celebrations over their win.
After their victory on May 4 – shortly after the funeral of Sheeran’s grandmother, which he was unable to attend – he delivered a statement to the press.
He previously said that he found it ‘really insulting to devote my whole life to being a performer and a songwriter and have someone diminish it’.
‘If that happens, I’m done, I’m stopping,’ he stated.
The singer performed at the Academy of Country Music Awards last week (Picture: Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
‘I feel like the truth was heard and the truth was believed,’ he said. ‘It’s nice that we can both move on with our lives now – it’s sad that it had to come to this.’
Structured Asset Sales, who brought the second copyright accusation, is owned by rock and roll investment banker David Pullman.
The company has filed another lawsuit against Sheeran based on its rights to Gaye’s recording, which is yet to be resolved.
Pullman told Reuters that in that other trial, the jury will hear a recording of Let’s Get It On, which he believes will make a difference, rather than a computerised rendition of the song’s sheet music.
‘Their biggest fear, in terms of everything they’ve filed, has been to prevent the sound recording from coming in,’ he said.
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The singer was victorious once again in federal court.