Ed Sheeran beats copyright appeal over 'Thinking Out Loud'

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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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