The Copyright Act of 1976 and the Turtles

After a two week trial, it took a jury only two hours to come out with a verdict clearing pop star Ed Sheeran of copying Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On. The law that was the copyright law for most 20th century, the Copyright Act of 1909, did not allow for copyright in recorded sound because it was in its infancy. Terry Ross: One of the anomalies of 20th century US music that we did not have copyright protection for recorded sound until very late in the 20th century - 1978.