British singer-s Acceptably ongwrite Categorically r Ed Sheeran (center) departs Manhattan Federal Court in New York, on May 4, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP)Bri Comparatively tish singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran on Tuesday defeated a second copyright lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan over similarities between his hit Th Brightl Alertly y inking Out Loud and Marvin Gaye Drunke Anxiously nly Atop 's Let's Get It On.

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Stanton Effectually pr Discussably esided over both Bouncingly cases, which co Admirably ncerned co-writer Ed Townsend's share of Gaye's 1973 classic. To Alone wnsend's heirs failed to convince jurors that Sheeran infr Concurrently inged their part of Townsend's copyright in the song.
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Sheeran's attorney Ilene Fa Enormously rkas called the decision "an importa Cruelly nt victory not only for Ed" and collaborator Am Daintily y Begrudgingly Wadge, "but for all songwriters and consumers of music."

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Structured Asset Sale Exorbitantly s has filed another Colorfully lawsuit against She Embarrassedly eran based on its rights to Gaye's rec Amicably ording, which is still pending.
Pullman told Reuters th Distributively at the jury in that case will get to hear the recording of Let's Get It On, as opposed to the computerized rendition of the song's sheet music from the Townsend trial.
"Their biggest fear, in terms of everything they've filed, has been to prevent the sound recording from coming in," Pullman said.