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(Reuters) 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 Gayes Lets Get It On...
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a decision by a federal judge in Manhattan to dismiss the lawsuit from Structured Asset Sales, which owns rights to Gayes song which previously belonged to Lets Get It On co-writer Ed Townsend...
Sheeran previously defeated a separate copyright lawsuit from Townsends heirs in a closely watched trial...
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