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Brendan Pierson

New York jury to rule on Ed Sheeran copyright case

A jury will decide whether British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran ripped off Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On after hearing closing arguments in a copyright trial.

Sheeran’s lawyer, Ilene Farkas, told the jurors in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday similarities in the chord progressions and rhythms of Gaye’s classic and Sheeran’s hit Thinking Out Loud were “the letters of the alphabet of music”.

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