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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Inga Parkel

Ed Sheeran says copyright trial betrayed unspoken solidarity within songwriting community

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Ed Sheeran has voiced frustration over his recent copyright infringement lawsuit, suggesting the trial was a betrayal within the songwriting community.

On Thursday (4 May), Sheeran won his Marvin Gaye plagiarism case, after he was sued by the heirs of Ed Townsend, the songwriter who composed the 1973 slow jam classic “Let’s Get It On” with Gaye.

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