The US Supreme Court has rejected the appeal, made by Structured Asset Sales (SAS), against the decision to dismiss the second copyright case over Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud”, following a ruling back in May 2023, by U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton.
Mark Krais had the following to say on the news:
“It’s reassuring to see the US Supreme Court draw a line in the sand after a decade of legal back and forth. Yesterday’s decision is a helpful reminder for songwriters and the wider music industry – both across the pond and here in the UK – that no one owns the building blocks of music and it underscores the importance of safeguarding independent creation.”
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