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A jury in New York is being asked the question of whether Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" is sufficiently similar to Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" that it qualifies as copyright infringement.
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A jury in New York is being asked the question of whether Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" is sufficiently similar to Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" that it qualifies as copyright infringement.
I personally don't hear it but I never heard it in that Robin Thicke song either
I love both these songs but listening to the one has never reminded me of the other. I vote no plagiarism also.As someone who doesn't know music it would never even occur to me that the two songs are related even if I heard one after the other. Of course now that I hear them both side by side in this context I do see the similarity, but plagiarism? No.
if lawyers are going to keep foisting themselves onto art at the behest of studio/record execs, then at least do it by degree and not make it a yes/no binary
it's 57% similar, therefore there should be 57% recompense
Also point of note, this suit was brought by Marvin Gaye's estate, through its representative, his daughter.
My understanding is that is isn't even the Gaye estate, it's producer Ed Townsend's estate