FILE PHOTO: Ed Sheeran attends a news conference to promote the movie Songwriter at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschNEW YORK – 4 January 2019: A U.S. judge has rejected English singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran’s request to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of lifting from Marvin Gaye’s 1973 classic “Let’s Get It On” for his 2014 smash “Thinking Out Loud”. Jurors “may be impressed by footage of a Sheeran performance which shows him seamlessly transitioning between [the songs],” Stanton wrote. Stanton oversees two lawsuits accusing Sheeran of lifting from Gaye’s song. The case is Griffin et al v Sheeran et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Source: Egypt Today January 03, 2019 20:37 UTC