Ed Sheeran arrives in federal court for a music copyright trial in New York on April 25, 2023 in New York City. Sheeran is being sued for copyright-infringement by the heirs of writer and composer ...

Before Ed Sheeran knew how to write a song, he was learning his way around the cello and piano as a kid. Now that he’s written enough to fill five studio albums, more than a dozen EPs, and ...

The heirs of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote “Let’s Get It On” with Marvin Gaye, had accused the pop star of copying it in “Thinking Out Loud.” By Ben Sisario In a closely watched music ...

Ed Sheeran is running a legal victory lap, winning a second copyright lawsuit over Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On' just weeks after he was cleared in another suit.

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 2014 hit "Thinking Out Loud" did not ...

Ed Sheeran's copyright lawsuit, Smokey Robinson's response to an abuse case, a fight over Taylor Swift's texts and more in this music law news recap.

Ed Sheeran's second day in the copyright infringement trial took a turn when Kathryn Griffin Townsend, the woman accusing the British singer of ripping off the 1973 Marvin Gaye classic "Let's Get ...

A federal jury found on Thursday that the pop singer Ed Sheeran did not copy Marvin Gaye’s classic “Let’s Get It On” for his 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud,” in the music industry’s ...

The initiative is an important step in recognizing the transformative power of music in education and society. Ed Sheeran arrives at the 66th annual Grammy Awards on February 4, 2024, in Los Angeles.