Let’s Get It On v Thinking Out Loud

[Mike]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection and opening statements are set to begin Monday in a trial that mashes up Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” with Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.”

The heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s co-writer of the 1973 soul classic, sued Sheeran, alleging the English pop star’s hit 2014 tune has “striking similarities” to “Let’s Get It On” and “overt common elements” that violate their copyright.

The lawsuit filed in 2017 has finally made it to a trial that is expected to last a week in the Manhattan federal courtroom of 95-year-old Judge Louis L. Stanton.

https://apnews.com/article/ed-sheeran-copyright-lawsuit-marvin-gaye-townsend-3f4f9f00ffcaa8dd8d9c6f51872e7285

 

the above says the trial should only be a week

any thoughts on the outcome or the actual merits of the case ?