... verdict just in

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Good, because his song does NOT sound like Marvin Gaye's tune! As Sheeran said, it is common to use the same chord progression as another song...ya think, seeing as how there are MILLIONS OF SONGS on record!

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Good, because his song does NOT sound like Marvin Gaye's tune! As Sheeran said, it is common to use the same chord progression as another song...ya think, seeing as how there are MILLIONS OF SONGS on record!

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Good, because his song does NOT sound like Marvin Gaye's tune! As Sheeran said, it is common to use the same chord progression as another song...ya think, seeing as how there are MILLIONS OF SONGS on record!

Agree 100%.

Now that other song a few years ago, "Blurred Lines" soon as I heard it I thought, what does this sound like, is this a remake??

Not a fan of Ed Sheeran but its good that he was found not liable.
If he was found guilty it would have set a precedent for a lot more law suits, like this, within the music world.

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Not a fan of Ed Sheeran but its good that he was found not liable.
If he was found guilty it would have set a precedent for a lot more law suits, like this, within the music world.

Really really good guitar player. Comes across a bit poppy but the guy is talented.

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Good, because his song does NOT sound like Marvin Gaye's tune! As Sheeran said, it is common to use the same chord progression as another song...ya think, seeing as how there are MILLIONS OF SONGS on record!

Agree 100%.

Now that other song a few years ago, "Blurred Lines" soon as I heard it I thought, what does this sound like, is this a remake??

They shouldn't have been sued for that either. Or else sue every song with a cowbell.



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Not a fan of Ed Sheeran but its good that he was found not liable.
If he was found guilty it would have set a precedent for a lot more law suits, like this, within the music world.

Really really good guitar player. Comes across a bit poppy but the guy is talented.

not a fan personally

but keith likes him and he's under 90 so that's gotta mean something huh

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Not a fan of Ed Sheeran but its good that he was found not liable.
If he was found guilty it would have set a precedent for a lot more law suits, like this, within the music world.

Really really good guitar player. Comes across a bit poppy but the guy is talented.

not a fan personally

but keith likes him and he's under 90 so that's gotta mean something huh

Well, his recordings are not 50+ years old, so of course you don’t!

I’m not a fan, either. He’s inoffensive enough, though.

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Not a fan of Ed Sheeran but its good that he was found not liable.
If he was found guilty it would have set a precedent for a lot more law suits, like this, within the music world.

Really really good guitar player. Comes across a bit poppy but the guy is talented.

not a fan personally

but keith likes him and he's under 90 so that's gotta mean something huh

Well, his recordings are not 50+ years old, so of course you don’t!

I’m not a fan, either. He’s inoffensive enough, though.

you got me there

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Not a fan of Ed Sheeran but its good that he was found not liable.
If he was found guilty it would have set a precedent for a lot more law suits, like this, within the music world.

Really really good guitar player. Comes across a bit poppy but the guy is talented.

not a fan personally

but keith likes him and he's under 90 so that's gotta mean something huh

“Keith likes him” - are you sure about that?

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Not a fan of Ed Sheeran but its good that he was found not liable.
If he was found guilty it would have set a precedent for a lot more law suits, like this, within the music world.

Really really good guitar player. Comes across a bit poppy but the guy is talented.

not a fan personally

but keith likes him and he's under 90 so that's gotta mean something huh

“Keith likes him” - are you sure about that?

yeah i read in one of the interviews he did back when he was promoting crosseyed heart

don't know which one offhand though

We saw this before and we will see it in the future.
Greedy heirs.

I thought the "Stairway To Heaven" case could have been a pre-case for these not to happen, but seemingly no. Somebody still smells easy money. Probably the idea is to milk money by settlement before entering the courtroom that seemingly successfully happened with Sheeran earlier. Good that Sheeran took it all the way this time.

I wonder what is happening with the case of "Living in The Ghost Town" at the moment.

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Strange isn't it...

...that folks only notice and pursue these potential infringements of copyright when the alleged offending artists are worth hundreds of millions.



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Hey yeah its the same with the metoo posse
They never go after the guy in the slums who's
controlling a dozen women ... there's no $$$$ in it



ROCKMAN

10-May-2023 - Ed Sheeran 'Subtract' live stream :

"Apple announced on May 5, 2023 it will stream Ed Sheeran's live performance of his latest album 'Subtract' at the Eventim Apollo theater in London. Apple Music and Apple TV+ subscribers will be able to watch the concert at no additional cost on Wednesday, May 10 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time, and an on-demand stream will be available starting an hour later" - [www.Apple.com] .

The Stones handled things much wiser with Anybody Seen My Baby, even though ASMB has much less to do with Constant Craving than Sheeran's song with Let's Get It On. (The only parallel between ASMB and Constant Craving that I can spot is the first four bars of the chorus.)

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Hey yeah its the same with the metoo posse
They never go after the guy in the slums who's
controlling a dozen women ... there's no $$$$ in it

+ 100 %

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The Stones handled things much wiser with Anybody Seen My Baby, even though ASMB has much less to do with Constant Craving than Sheeran's song with Let's Get It On. (The only parallel between ASMB and Constant Craving that I can spot is the first four bars of the chorus.)

Sheeran got away with no infringement. All the "I'll quit" expressionism is just drama: I've never heard a more clear and obvious rip off in my life.

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Sheeran got away with no infringement. All the "I'll quit" expressionism is just drama: I've never heard a more clear and obvious rip off in my life.

I agree that Sheeran played the victim role here, but I don't hear any similarity in the melodies of the two songs. Add that Sheeran's song has a chorus, while Marvin's tune has not.

How many chord original progressions do we have in pop music? They are all quite the same.

We wouldn't have rock and roll music if the I IV V progression could have been protected by copyright!

C

I would say "inspired".

"If you don't c sharp you'll b flat". - Muhammad Ali.



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That trial was a disgrace, nothing but a money-grab from (dead) Marvin Gaye's family.They were hoping for a pay-off to go away. They had no basis for a lawsuit; there was no plagiarism.

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That trial was a disgrace, nothing but a money-grab from (dead) Marvin Gaye's family.They were hoping for a pay-off to go away. They had no basis for a lawsuit; there was no plagiarism.

Plaintiffs were the family of Ed Townsend, co-writer of “Let’s Get It On”, not MG's family.

C

Quite right, the family of the dead composer. But my point remains...