(4 May 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: PART MUST CREDIT ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York - 4 May 2023
1. Singer Ed Sheeran arriving at a New York courthouse for verdict hearing
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Larry Neumeister, Associated Press:
“After just a couple of hours of deliberations in Manhattan federal court today, a jury returned a verdict in favor of British singer Ed Sheeran, finding that his song ‘Thinking out Loud’ does not violate the copyrights of Marvin Gaye's popular tune ‘Let's Get It On.' That's a 1973 soul classic that Marvin Gaye co-wrote along with Ed Townsend.”
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New York – 1 May 2023
3. Singer Ed Sheeran exiting courthouse and climbing into a waiting vehicle
4. Attorney Benjamin Crump, representing Ed Townsend’s heirs, exiting court alongside Townsend’s daughter Kathryn Griffin Townsend
5. Various of Crump and Griffin Townsend waiting to be picked up
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New York - 4 May 2023
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Larry Neumeister, Associated Press:
“Ed Sheeran took the witness stand and he sang for a while, mixing his tune ‘Thinking Out Loud’ with other songs, showing how he can go back and forth with songs that have similar chords, but he says it does not mean he stole from those songs or violated their copyrights.”
7. Ed Sheeran approaching microphones to address media after verdict
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Larry Neumeister, Associated Press:
“He came outside the courthouse after the verdict and he said, ‘If the jury had decided this matter the other way, we might as well say goodbye to the creative freedom of songwriters.’ He had almost seemingly jokingly testified at one point that if he lost this trial, he might not sing again. So, when he came outside, he said, ‘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.’ So, he was in good spirits.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS – MUST CREDIT ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
New York – 1 May 2023
9. COURTROOM SKETCH of Ilene Farkas, Ed Sheeran's attorney, questioning him during the presentation of their case as Sheeran sits on the witness stand with his guitar placed behind him and a video of “Thinking Out Loud” plays on the screens; Judge Louis Stanton presiding
10. COURTROOM SKETCH of singer Ed Sheeran on the stand, strumming his guitar during his testimony, with Judge Louis Stanton presiding
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New York - 4 May 2023
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Sophia Neis, Juror:
“We thought really long and hard about the questions that were presented to us. And it was a really great group of people who we talked, you know, we worked through everything as we were instructed to by the judge and by the jury instructions that we were given. And we ultimately came to what we thought was the right interpretation of the law that we were given.”
12. STILL image of Sheeran speaking to the media outside New York Federal Court after winning his copyright infringement trial
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Sophia Neis, Juror:
“I mean, key factors were, obviously, the song as we're allowed to hear it, and then the deposit copy, which was in question and trying to use their testimonies and the expert witnesses’ expertise on the subject to try and best understand the similarities or lack thereof or differences in the two works and try and make our best and most fair judgment with what we were given.”
14. STILL image of Sheeran speaking to media
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Larry Neumeister, Associated Press:
16. STILL image of Sheeran arriving at courthouse earlier in the day
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