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English singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran was sued Thursday for at least 100 million dollars charged with copying long pieces of the classic of Marvin Gaye "Let & # 39; s Get It On " for its sales success " Thinking Out Loud. "
The lawsuit was filed by a company owned by David Pullman, a specialist in investment banking which in 1997 coordinated the sale of 55 million "Bowie Bonds" dollars that made David Bowie the first musician to sell royalty-backed bonds in his music catalog.
According to the lawsuit filed in the Manhattan federal court, "Thinking Out Loud" – which came in second place in the Billboard Hot 100 in February 2015 – copy "melody, rhythm, harmonies, drums, bass, chorus, tempo , syncope and repetition "of" Let's Get On ", ranking number one in September 1973.
The trial also includes n among others Sony / ATV Music Publishing and the label of the representatives of the 39; Atlantic.
Sheeran and Atlantic did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Sony / ATV spokesman Paul Williams declined to comment on the case
. These defendants denied any violation in a lawsuit brought by the heirs of the late producer Ed Townsend, co-author of "Let's Get On" with Gaye 1984. The Pullman Company, Structured Asset Sales LLC, holds the third of Townsend's legacy.
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Sheeran, 27, faced similar demands for other songs, including "Photograph" and "Shape of You."
On March 21, a federal court of appeal upheld an award Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams will pay $ 5.3 million to Gaye's family for copying parts of another of his songs , "Got to Give It Up", for the success of "Blurred Lines" of 2013.
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