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Inspiration, influence and theft: what the Ed Sheeran case can tell us about 70 years of pop music
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Earlier today, a US court ruled in favour of singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, agreeing his song Thinking Out Loud did not breach musical copyright. The high-profile court case, brought by the estate of soul singer Marvin Gaye, claimed Sheeran’s…