'Let's Get It On' songwriter's 広い地所 ends Ed Sheeran copyright fight
By Blake Brittain
Sept 21 (Reuters) - The 相続人s of a musician who co-wrote Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" have agreed to 減少（する） their 控訴，上告 of a U.S. 陪審／陪審員団 判決 （疑いを）晴らすing British pop 星／主役にする Ed Sheeran of 主張s his song "Thinking Out Loud" 不法に copied Gaye's classic.
A 法廷，裁判所 とじ込み／提出するing on Wednesday said that songwriter Ed Townsend's 広い地所 would 身を引く the 控訴，上告 with prejudice, which means it cannot be refiled.
Sheeran's lawyer Ilene Farkas on Thursday said the 広い地所 "認めるd that an 控訴，上告 would 結局最後にはーなる with the 判決 存在 断言するd but also with them 存在 exposed to 合法的な 料金s and costs, and wisely withdrew."
弁護士／代理人／検事s for Townsend's 広い地所 did not すぐに 答える／応じる to a request for comment on Thursday.
Townsend's 相続人s 告訴するd Sheeran, Warner Music and Sony Music for copyright 違反 in 2017, （人命などを）奪う，主張するing Sheeran's 2014 攻撃する，衝突する "Thinking Out Loud" copied the "heart" of Gaye's 1973 classic 含むing its melody, harmony and rhythm.
Sheeran's 弁護士／代理人／検事s 反対するd in the closely watched 事例／患者 that any similarities between the songs 伴う／関わるd basic musical "building 封鎖するs" that could not be copyrighted.
A 陪審／陪審員団 決定するd after a six-day 裁判，公判 in May that Sheeran's song did not （規則などを）破る／侵害する Townsend's copyright in "Let's Get It On." Sheeran after the 裁判，公判 said the 決定／判定勝ち（する） would "help 保護する the creative 過程 for songwriters here in the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs and all around the world."
Later that month, the 裁判官 who 統括するd over the 裁判，公判 支配するd that Sheeran also did not 侵害する／違反する part of Townsend's songwriting copyright owned by "Bowie 社債s" creator David Pullman's Structured 資産 Sales LLC. Pullman's company has a separate 訴訟 未解決の against Sheeran based on i ts 権利s in the sound 記録，記録的な／記録するing of "Let's Get It On."
Pullman on Thursday said the 解雇／（訴訟の）却下 of the Townsend 事例／患者 will not 影響する／感情 either of Structured 資産 Sales' 事例／患者s. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Blake Brittain in Washington; Editing by David Bario and 示す Porter)
