get it. on a ledge similarities between let s get it on and sheeran s grammy award winning song thinking out loud. here are a few seconds of the shearing song first. okay, and here is the marvin gaye song. okay, bring has been covering this all day. britt, you hear a direct similarity? there no. because i don t either. do you? no. we were talking about this earlier today, we can t hear the difference. do you hear the similarity, or you don t hear the similarity? i hear the similarity, i
song. so why being taken to court for this? but let s go into what s gonna happen tomorrow, opening statements are gonna happen in this infringement case and it s funny because the juror selection was today, seven jurors are now on the panel. some of them had to be dismissed because one woman s teenage daughter is a big achievement fan, and another woman had an edge here in song at her wedding. so it will be interesting. i need people who have and people who don t need maybe we need matthew chance on the jury! you didn t know these songs? you know the marvin gaye song. but you also know the edge here in san, yes? music isn t my thing. but, yes. i ve heard them both. i ve definitely heard them both. let s do this. let s play more of the first the longer cut of should we do the ed sheeran song? it sure. and here s a longer cut. but again remember. try to take out the words. music, music. okay, here we go.
shannon, taylor has got to shake it off and here s why. copyright infringement. i m telling you. copyright infringement laws have changed. in 2015, that song blurred lines. a jury found that song was stolen from a marvin gaye song and they had to pay lots of money. 2019, katy perry had a song called dark horse. she had to pay in that case. it used to be copyright infringement protected lyrics and melodies. now juries are extending it into, what is a songs sound like? what s the rhythm of the song? i ve got to tell you. you re going to have what s called a musicologist. they are going to say there aren t that many songs that have these lyrics. at the end of the day taylor,
shannon: time for night court. taylor swift can t seem to shake off a legal challenge to one of her most popular songs. songwriters sean hall and nathan butler say that swift ripped off their 2001 song. claiming she stole their lines about playas and haters. a judge says that there is enough similarities for the case to go to trial. david bruno and brian claypool. welcome back here we are going to go to exhibit a and play snippets of both songs. playas they gonna play shannon: i will give you a
writers gonna win, win, win. shannon: the lawyers for the songwriters, hall and butler. she says this opinion is especially gratifying as it reinforces the idea that their creativity and unique expression cannot be misappropriated without any retribution. here s what that quote really says. we got that summary judgment and were going to get a settlement. that s what that says. she has got a lot to lose. this was a number one song. it s number one on the charts and things like that. she s not going to play well in front of a jury because she has the deep pockets. if there s anybody they could come down hard, it s taylor swift but she has got a lot to lose if that goes to the jury. i think the lawyers know what they re going to get. they re going to get a settlement because taylor has too much to lose. shannon: quick final word,