Ed Sheeran’s request for US copyright lawsuit to be dismissed is denied

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ed Sheeran’s motion to dismiss a copyright lawsuit that alleges he stole parts of Marvin Gaye’s famous song Let’s Get It On for his track Thinking Out Loud, has been denied by a US judge. In legal documents obtained by the PA news agency, Judge Stanton wrote: “There is no bright-line rule that the combination of two unprotectable elements is insufficiently numerous to constitute an original work. A work may be copyrightable even though it is entirely a compilation of unprotectable elements US judge Louis Stanton “A work may be copyrightable even though it is entirely a compilation of unprotectable elements.” He concluded: “Sheeran’s motion for summary judgment dismissing SAS’s claim for infringement is denied.” It comes just six months after the music megastar won a similar copyright suit in the UK, which claimed he stole his hit song Shape Of You. At a trial in March, Sheeran and co-writers Snow Patrol’s John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon faced accusations that their track ripped off a 2015 song by Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue.