Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ faces trial over Marvin Gaye copyright claim, judge rules

'Perfect' singer won a UK copyright battle in 2017 hit 'Shape of You'

By Stephanie Giang-Paunon FOXBusiness

After winning a U.K. copyright battle over his 2017 song "Shape of You," Grammy Award-winning songwriter Ed Sheeran must face a jury trial over his song "Thinking Out Loud."

在2017年歌曲《Shape of You》在英国赢得版权官司后，格莱美奖得主艾德·希兰（黄老板）将因歌曲《自言自语》(Thinking Out Loud)面临陪审团审判。

The "Shivers" singer was first accused of stealing key elements from Marvin Gaye’s iconic song "Let’s Get It On," to use in his popular single in 2016.

这位演唱《Shivers》的歌手最初被指控从马文·盖伊的标志性歌曲《Let 's Get It On》中窃取关键元素，并将其用于2016年的流行单曲中。

Six years ago, the estate of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s co-writer on the popular 1973 song, hit Sheeran with a copy infringement lawsuit for the songs sounding similar.

六年前，盖伊的这首1973年流行歌曲的合作作者埃德·汤森的遗产管委会起诉黄老板侵犯版权，因为这两首歌听起来很像。

the estate of sb：某某遗产管委会，遗产管理公司。The Estate Of Michael Jackson 杰克逊遗产委员会，杰克逊遗产办理委员会

Sheeran’s legal team fought back against the lawsuit and asked the federal judge to dismiss the case, arguing that the similar parts of the song were "commonplace."

黄老板的律师团队对这一诉讼进行了反击，并要求联邦法官撤销此案，称歌曲中类似的部分是“司空见惯的”。

Commonplace adj.平凡的；普通的；普遍的•Computers are now commonplace in primary classrooms. 计算机如今在小学教室里很普遍。N.1.常见的事；平常的事。2.平淡无奇的言语等；老生常谈

Judge Louis Stanton denied Sheeran’s motion to dismiss the case and ordered that the matter progress toward trial, Thursday.

法官路易斯·斯坦顿驳回了希兰要求撤销此案的理由，并命令此案在星期四进行审理。

"There is no bright-line rule that the combination of two unprotectable elements is insufficiently numerous to constitute an original work," Judge Stanton said, according to Billboard.

据《公告牌》报道，斯坦顿法官说:“并没有明确的规定两种不受保护的元素组合数量不足，不能构成原创作品。”

"A work may be copyrightable even though it is entirely a compilation of unprotectable elements," Stanton added.

斯坦顿补充说:“即使一部作品完全是由不受保护的元素堆砌组成的，它也可能是可以获得版权的。”

compilation n. /ˌkɒmpɪˈleɪʃn/ 1.收集；选编；选辑•Her latest CD is a compilation of all her best singles. 她最新的激光唱片收录了她的所有最佳单曲。2.编纂；编著；编写•the compilation of a dictionary 词典的编纂

Stanton noted that both sides had presented "dueling experts to support those arguments, and that only a jury could sort out which was right."

斯坦顿指出，双方都派出了“相互对立的专家来支持这些论点，只有陪审团才能判断谁是对的。”

duel n. /ˈdjuːəl/ 1.决斗•to fight/win a duel 进行╱赢得决斗。2.（双方的）竞争，斗争•a verbal duel 舌战

Structured Asset Sales owns a one-third stake in Townsend’s copyrights and is seeking a hefty $100 million in damages for the alleged infringement of "Let’s Get It On," according to NPR.

据美国国家公共电台(NPR)报道，结构化资产销售公司拥有汤森德三分之一的版权股份，并正就《Let 's Get It On》的侵权行为寻求1亿美元的巨额赔偿。

This past April, Sheeran won a U.K. copyright battle over his 2017 hit "Shape of You." At the time, he slammed what he described as a "culture" of baseless lawsuits intended to squeeze money out of artists eager to avoid the expense of a trial.

今年4月，黄老板在英国赢得了2017年热门单曲《Shape of You》的版权官司。当时，他抨击了他所称的毫无根据的诉讼“文化”，意在从急于避免庭审费用的艺术家身上榨取钱财。

"Whilst we’re obviously happy with the result, I feel like claims like this are way too common now and have become a culture where a claim is made with the idea that a settlement will be cheaper than taking it to court, even if there is no basis for the claim," Sheeran said in a video posted on Twitter. "It’s really damaging to the songwriting industry."

黄老板在推特上发布的一段视频中说:“虽然我们显然对结果感到满意，但我觉得这样的索赔现在太常见了，已经成为一种文化，在提出索赔时，人们认为和解比上法庭更便宜，即使索赔没有任何依据。这对歌曲创作行业来说真的是一种伤害。”

A date has not been set yet for the trial in Sheeran's lawsuit, which is scheduled to take place in Manhattan federal district court.

希兰诉讼的审判日期尚未确定，定于曼哈顿联邦地区法院进行。

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