On Friday, Nov. 1, a federal appeals court ruled that Ed Sheeran did not infringe the copyright to Marvin Gaye's 1973 classic 'Let’s Get It On' with his song "Thinking Out Loud."

Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ isn’t similar enough to Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ to enforce copyright protection, an appeals court rules. Ed Sheeran put to bed the copyright infringement lawsuit against his “Thinking Out Loud,

A U.S. appeals court upheld its decision that Ed Sheeran's 2014 hit song "Thinking Out Loud" did not illegally copy Marvin Gaye's 1973 classic "Let's Get It On."

In a 2018 lawsuit that was dismissed, a company that owns the rights to Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" claimed Ed Sheeran copied the song.

Second Circuit upholds district court’s ruling that Ed Sheeran’s song does not infringe Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On | Song’s four-chord progression is a common musical structure not eligible for copyright protection | Decision focuses on the sheet music filed with US Copyright Office, rather than the recording.

Overprotecting such basic elements would threaten to stifle creativity and undermine the purpose of copyright law," read the court's findings

Back in May 2023, Ed Sheeran vowed to be “done” with music if he were found guilty in his Marvin Gaye estate plagiarism lawsuit.

Ed Sheeran, his record label Warner Music and music publisher Sony Music Publishing persuaded a U.S. appeals court on Friday to uphold a decision that his hit "Thinking Out Loud" did not illegally copy from Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On.

Ed Sheeran can finally put the plagiarism lawsuit alleging he copied a Marvin Gaye classic behind him now that he’s beat it, again, in Appeals Court. In the decision that was written by the judges panel,

Ed Sheeran has beaten a copyright appeal over his track ‘Thinking out Loud’ after the judges ruled that it shares only “fundamental musical building blocks” with Marvin Gaye's 'Let’s Get It On'.

Ed Sheeran, his record label Warner Music and music publisher Sony Music Publishing persuaded a U.S. appeals court on Friday to uphold a decision that his 2014 hit "Thinking Out Loud" did not illegally copy Marvin Gaye's 1973 classic "Let's Get It On.