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Ed Sheeran beats copyright appeal over claim Thinking Out Loud ripped off Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On

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Appeals court upholds ruling that Ed Sheeran's hit song did not illegally copy Let's Get It On.

The song, Thinking Out Loud , won a Grammy for song of the year in 2016 .

It comes after a lawsuit was filed by the late co-writer Ed Townsend over similarities.

SAS owns rights to the 1973 Gaye song that previously belonged to Townsend.

A lower-court judge dismissed the case following the verdict in the heirs' case.

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