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Ed Sheeran Shared The Brilliant Way He Was Able To Win Over The Jury And Win His Copyright Trial
Ed Sheeran Shared The Brilliant Way He Was Able To Win Over The Jury And Win His Copyright Trial,"You can't copyright a chord sequence."

Ed Sheeran Shared The Brilliant Way He Was Able To Win Over The Jury And Win His Copyright Trial

As you have probably seen, Ed Sheeran won his music copyright trial last week. The lawsuit had alleged that Ed’s “Thinking Out Loud” copied Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” which Ed denied.


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Ed also missed his grandmother’s funeral because of the trial, saying, “It’s a shame. I won’t get that time back. She was a great woman.”

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Ed then revealed the brilliant way he was able to win over the jury at trial. He said he took out his guitar and started playing a bunch of songs that had the same chord progression as his song and the Marvin Gaye song.

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He played “Thinking Out Loud,” followed by “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You” by Rod Stewart, “People Get Ready” by Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions, “You’re Still the One” by Shania Twain, “Just Like a Woman” by Bob Dylan, and finally, “My Girl” by the Temptations.

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“There was 101 songs,” Ed said. “I was saying, ‘Yes, it’s a chord sequence that you hear on successful songs. But if you say that a song in 1974 owns this, then what about the songs before?'”

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He added, “We found songs from the 1700s that had similar melodic stuff. There were huge songs in the ’50s and ’60s. You can’t copyright a chord sequence.”

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There you have it. Congrats on winning the case, Ed!