$100 Million ‘Let's Get It On’ Copyright Cases Halted for Zeppelin Appeal

  • Copyright lawsuits pit Marvin Gaye song against Ed Sheeran hit
  • Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway’ battle may set fate of old songs
Marvin Gaye performs in Amsterdam in 1978.

Photographer: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns via Getty Images

A copyright battle over Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” was halted by a judge until a separate fight over Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” is resolved.

Holders of rights to Gaye’s 1973 song are demanding more than $100 million for the alleged theft of the composition for Ed Sheeran’s hit “Thinking Out Loud.”