#Music obscurity full#
At the same time we absolutely need trusted individuals, real experts, who help support the process and protect copyright.” (Scroll down to see Sheeran’s full statement.)
These claims must be stopped so that the creative process can carry on, and we can all go back to making music.
In closing, Sheeran told the assembled reporters, “We need songwriters and the wider musical community to come together to bring back common sense. I won’t get that time back.” The funeral was held Wednesday. Saying that he had been forced to miss his grandmother’s funeral due to the case, Sheeran told reporters, “Having to be in New York for this trial has meant that I have missed being with my family at my grandmother’s funeral in Ireland. “But at the same time, I am absolutely frustrated that baseless claims like this are allowed to go to court at all… If the jury had decided this matter the other way, we might as well say goodbye to the creative freedom of songwriters.” “I am obviously very happy with the outcome of the case, and it looks like I’m not going to have to retire from my day job after all,” Sheeran said, referring to a possibly hyperbolic statement he’d made on the stand earlier this week that he would feel compelled to quit music if the verdict went against him. Standing outside the courtroom, Sheeran read a statement for reporters that made it clear how frustrated he felt at being accused of plagiarism and having the case reach trial. The verdict that cleared him of copyright infringement came after just a few hours of deliberation Thursday, wrapping up a trial that lasted just under two weeks. Ed Sheeran was found not liable Thursday in Manhattan federal court on a copyright claim alleging that he copied key elements from the Marvin Gaye ’70s hit “Let’s Get It On” for his own “Thinking Out Loud.”
0 kommentar(er)
