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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 7 - Caught on Camera

Ed Sheeran trial erupts into laughter over ‘hideous’ AI rendition of ‘Let’s Get It On’

Even the plaintiff called the recording ‘hideous’

The Independent UK

Ed Sheeran defends himself against Let’s Get It On plagiarism accusations, arguing that he used an “unprotectable” chord progression

“Most pop songs can fit over most pop songs,” Sheeran tells a New York court

MusicRadar

Ed Sheeran’s live Marvin Gaye mash-up song is ‘smoking gun’, lawyer claims

Fan video shows Sheeran mixing ‘Thinking Out Loud’ with Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ during concert

The Independent UK

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Ed Sheeran – live: Singer testifies in Marvin Gaye plagiarism court case

Singer-songwriter is being sued for copyright infringement over Marvin Gaye’s song ‘Let’s Get it On’

The Independent UK

Ed Sheeran testifies in Marvin Gaye copyright case: ‘Most pop songs can fit over most pop songs’

Appearing in New York court, singer-songwriter defends his ballad Thinking Out Loud against similarities with Gaye’s song Let’s Get It On

The Guardian - UK

Ed Sheeran takes witness stand in New York copyright trial

The singer denies that his hit Thinking Out Loud ripped off Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On

Evening Standard

Ed Sheeran is being sued over allegations he ripped off Marvin Gaye's hit song, Let's Get It On. Here's what we know

It's not the first time Ed Sheeran has faced trial for a copyright issue. Here's what's happening with his current trial — brought by the heirs of the late Marvin Gaye co-writer, Ed Townsend — and how his team have defended him so far.

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Ed Sheeran copyright trial: Lawyer claims singer’s live Marvin Gaye mash-up is ‘smoking gun’

Fan video shows Sheeran mixing ‘Thinking Out Loud’ with Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ during concert

The Independent UK

Lawyer claims 'smoking gun proof' Ed Sheeran copied song

A lawyer for the heirs of Marvin Gaye's co-writer of the song “Let's Get It On” says he has “smoking gun” proof that Ed Sheeran's “Thinking Out Loud” violates the copyright of the soul classic

The Independent UK

Ed Sheeran copyright trial: Everything you need to know about Marvin Gaye plagiarism case

Singer in court this week to defend himself over claims he stole from the most famous R&B anthem of all time

The Independent UK

Ed Sheeran to testify in court as Marvin Gaye lawsuit trial begins in New York

Singer is being sued by heirs of Gaye’s co-writer Ed Townsend

The Independent UK

Ed Sheeran hit, Marvin Gaye classic soul of copyright trial

Jury selection and opening statements are set to begin in a trial that mashes up Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” with Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.”

The Independent UK

Nintendo's most elusive JRPG might never come West because of Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines

We're still paying the price for Blurred Lines

GamesRadar

Blood and Honey: In Defence of the Winnie-the-Pooh Slasher Flick

Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s horror film might ruin your childhood, but it’s a win for creative freedom

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Los Angeles Times

Death? Bill Nighy will worry about that later

LOS ANGELES — Bill Nighy handed me a cassette mixtape many years ago titled "Ooh Baby Ooh," a nod to the chorus of a Lou Reed rocker that was not among the 20 songs on the cassette, though there was plenty of Lou and Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield and…

The Guardian - UK

Barrett Strong: the Motown hitmaker was modest almost to a fault

Though he was quick to credit others’ contributions, Strong’s songwriting was absolutely critical to the label that remade American pop music

Daily Mirror

Motown legend and Temptations songwriter Barrett Strong dead at 81

His writing credits included I Heard It Through the Grapevine for Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight & the Pips, the Undisputed Truth’s ‘Smiling Faces Sometimes’, ‘War’ for Edwin Starr

Tribune News Service

Rolling Stone hails Aretha Franklin as greatest singer of all time

DETROIT — Rolling Stone ranks Aretha Franklin No. 1 in its list of the "greatest singers of all time" on Sunday.

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Los Angeles Times

Jan Gaye, second wife of Motown legend Marvin Gaye, is dead at 66

LOS ANGELES — Janis Hunter Gaye, the second wife of Motown legend Marvin Gaye and mother of two of his children, has died, her family said in a statement. She was 66.

Evening Standard

Marvin Gaye’s wife Janis Hunter Gaye dies aged 66

The singer’s wife passed away not long after the re-release of his What’s Going On album

The Independent UK

Janis Hunter Gaye: Wife of Motown singer Marvin Gaye dies at 66

Marvin Gaye wrote his 1974 song ‘Jan’ about Janis Hunter Gaye

Daily Mirror

Marvin Gaye's wife Janis Hunter dies age 66 after inspiring icon's album

Music legend Marvin Gaye's second wife Janis Hunter Gaye died on Saturday at her home on Rhode Island, her family have said

The Guardian - UK

Santa Claus is coming to frown! Why the best Christmas songs are sad and slow

Who says festive numbers have to be merry? Marvin Gaye’s prisoner-of-war lament is a touching treat – while Prince’s track about a guy getting over a yuletide death with banana daiquiris is the jewel of the genre

Tribune News Service

Television Q&A: Where is the agent who's missing in action on 'FBI'?

You have questions. I have some answers.

Chicago Tribune

Harry Styles at the United Center in Chicago was a night between him and his fans

CHICAGO — On the third night of Harry Styles’ six-night residency in Chicago, as the British pop star, promising actor and spiritual scion of Mick Jagger took the stage, the United Center rattled, buzzed, seemed to implode in a white-hot screech of 23,000 screams. Every generation or so this happens.…

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