Part owner of Marvin Gaye song sues Ed Sheeran over ‘Thinking Out Loud’

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FILE – In this Feb. 15, 2016, file photo, Ed Sheeran accepts the award for best pop solo performance for “Thinking Out Loud” at the 58th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. A part owner of Marvin Gaye’s 1978 release “Let’s Get It On,” is suing British singer Ed Sheeran for $100 million for copyrights infringement after getting blocked from a similar lawsuit brought by other copyright owners. Image: Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File

NEW YORK — A part owner of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” is suing Ed Sheeran for $100 million (around P5.3 billion) after getting blocked from a similar lawsuit brought by other copyright owners.

Both lawsuits say the British songwriter copied parts of the soul classic for his Grammy-winning hit “Thinking Out Loud.”

A lawyer for Structured Asset Sales said the new lawsuit’s Thursday filing was necessary because a judge refused to let the company join a 2016 lawsuit by the family of a co-writer of Gaye’s song.

That lawsuit, which is still pending in Manhattan federal court, seeks unspecified damages.

A lawyer for Sheeran and other defendants said in a letter to the judge in the original lawsuit that he will seek to have both lawsuits tossed out. He said they were baseless. MKH

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