Ed Sheeran urges US Supreme Court to reject appeal of ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copyright case

No need for US Supreme Court to intervene in ‘Thinking Out Loud’ song-theft dispute, argues Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran has urged the US Supreme Court to refuse to intervene in a song-theft dispute in which he is accused of ripping off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let's Get It On’ when writing his hit ‘Thinking Out Loud’. Lower courts have ruled that Sheeran did not infringe the copyright in ‘Let's Get It On’ when writing 'Thinking Out Loud'. But Structured Asset Sales, which owns a share of the copyright in Gaye’s song, claims that they did so by deferring to guida…

Ed Sheeran urges US Supreme Court to reject appeal of ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copyright case

Overruling a lower court’s decision could lead to “rampant” speculative copyright lawsuits, Sheeran’s lawyers argue Source