Singers Justin Bieber and Usher (R) pose together after performing on NBC's ''Today'' show in New York in this November 23, 2011, file photo. 
 
 Justin Bieber and Usher were ordered by a U.S. appeals court on Thursday to face a $10 million lawsuit claiming the singers illegally copied parts of a song composed by two Virginia songwriters. 
 
 By a 3-0 vote, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond revived a May 2013 lawsuit by Devin Copeland, an R&B; singer known as De Rico, and his songwriting partner Mareio Overton, saying a lower court judge was wrong to dismiss it. 
 
 The plaintiffs claimed that three versions of the song "Somebody to Love" recorded by Bieber, Usher or both shared the beat pattern, time signature, and similar chords and lyrics with their song with the same name. 
 
 "After listening to the Copeland song and the Bieber and Usher songs as wholes, we conclude that their choruses are similar enough and also significant enough that a reasonable jury could find the songs intrinsically similar," Circuit Judge Pamela Harris wrote for the appeals court. 
 
 Among the other defendants were publishers such as Vivendi SA's Universal Music Publishing Group and Sony Corp's Sony/ATV Music Publishing. 
 
 Defense lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment. 
 
 Duncan Byers, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, in an interview said the panel "recognized what my clients have said all along: it's the same melody and the same chorus." 
 
 The lawsuit will return to the lower court. 
 
 One version of "Somebody to Love," recorded by Bieber and credited to him as a co-writer, peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2010. 
 
 The plaintiffs alleged that music scouts had played their song, which was written in 2008, for Usher, who liked what he heard and then brought it to Bieber. 
 
 U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen dismissed the lawsuit in March 2014, saying no reasonable jury could find copyright infringement. 
 
 Harris, though, said even the lyric "somebody to love" was delivered in an "almost identical rhythm and a strikingly similar melody." 
 
 The judge also said it did not matter that the Bieber and Usher versions qualified as "dance pop, perhaps with hints of electronica" while the Copeland version was "squarely" R&B.; 
 
 She said to rule otherwise could give artists too wide a berth to profit from others' songs, such as through unlicensed reggae or heavy metal versions of the Beatles' "Hey Jude" that had a different "concept and feel." 
 
 The case is Copeland et al v. Bieber et al, 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 14-1427. 
 
 (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Bernard Orr) ||||| Bieber, Usher We Need Somebody To Love ... On A Jury 
 
 Justin Bieber, Usher -- We Need Somebody to Love ... On a Jury 
 
 Justin Bieber and Usher are on the hot seat again for their song, "Somebody to Love," because some pretty powerful judges just ruled ... the duo may have ripped off another artist. 
 
 The Bieber/Usher collaboration is "Somebody to Love," recorded in 2010. A guy named Devin Copeland﻿, known as De Rico, and his songwriting partner Mareio Overton claim the famous pair ripped off their 2008 song by the same name. 
 
 Problem for Copeland and Overton ... a federal judge ruled the songs weren't similar at all and booted them out of court in 2014. 
 
 But a federal appeals court just ruled, the first judge was way off base, concluding, the Bieber/Usher hook have an "almost identical rhythm and strikingly similar melody." 
 
 So the case now goes back for a full-blown trial where they're seeking $10 million in damages. Listen to the songs. If you were on the jury, would you nail the Biebs? ||||| Two US musicians are suing Ed Sheeran for $20m (£13.8m) over his single Photograph. 
 
 Martin Harrington and American Thomas Leonard claim it has a similar structure to their song, Amazing. 
 
 The pair say that Sheeran's ballad has the same musical composition to their track, which was released by former X Factor winner Matt Cardle in 2012. 
 
 Martin Harrington and Thomas Leonard say they penned Amazing in 2009. 
 
 In documents, that include musical note comparison and chord breakdowns of the two songs, the pair claim the chorus of Photograph shares 39 identical notes with their track. 
 
 They say the similarities are "instantly recognisable to the ordinary observer". 
 
 These are the chord structures of the choruses in Photograph and Amazing compared in court documents. 
 
 The documents say that Photograph has sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide. 
 
 It says it also features prominently in Hollywood drama Me Before You, released last week, as well as trailers for the film. 
 
 The copying of Amazing by Photograph is breathtaking in its deliberateness, magnitude, and hubris Court documents 
 
 The lawsuit says: "Given the striking similarity between the chorus of Amazing and Photograph, (the) defendants knew when writing, publishing, recording, releasing, and distributing Photograph that they were infringing on a pre-existing musical composition. 
 
 "The conduct of (the) defendants has been wilful from the inception of the creation of Photograph. 
 
 "The copying of Amazing by Photograph is breathtaking in its deliberateness, magnitude, and hubris." 
 
 Here's Ed Sheeran's track Photograph. 
 
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 Matt Cardle's version of Amazing has more than one million views on YouTube, while Ed Sheeran's music video for Photograph has 208 million. 
 
 Here's that version of the track. 
 
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 Documents in the copyright infringement case were filed on Wednesday at LA's federal court in the Central District of California. 
 
 Other named defendants being sued include Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid, who is credited as a co-writer on Photograph, as well as various divisions of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Warner Music Group and its subsidiary, Atlantic Recording Corporation. 
 
 Martin Harrington and Thomas Leonard, and their publishing company HaloSongs, want a trial and damages of more than $20m (£13.8m), as well as royalties from the song. 
 
 Martin Harrington and Thomas Leonard are using the same lawyer, Richard Busch, who won a case for the family of the late soul singer Marvin Gaye. 
 
 He successfully sued Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams for copyright infringement last year over their single Blurred Lines, winning a $7.4m (£5.1m) settlement. 
 
 Photograph was the fifth single from Sheeran's 2014 album x (pronounced multiply). 
 
 The court documents say Ed Sheeran had called the song "the one that will change (his), kind of, career path". 
 
 Ed Sheeran has written and co-written tracks for artists like One Direction, Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber. 
 
 British songwriter Martin Harrington has written tracks for Emma Bunton (What Took You So Long), 5ive (Let's Dance) and Kylie Minogue (Love at First Sight) as well as working with Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, Westlife, Busted, Atomic Kitten and Blue. 
 
 Thomas Leonard's writing credits include, Safe Place to Hide by Backstreet Boys as well as songs by Zero 7 and Echosmith. 
 
 Peter Oxendale, who worked on Blurred Lines/Marvin Gaye case last year, said people in the music industry were "getting paranoid about infringing copyright". 
 
 The leading forensic musicologist told Newsbeat that the verdict had made the whole music industry "worried". 
 
 Ed Sheeran's management have not commented. 
 
 Matt Cardle has distanced himself from the case writing on Twitter. 
 
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– Justin Bieber and Usher might be on the hook for $10 million after being accused of ripping off a song. An appeals court in Virginia today ordered the pair to stand trial over "Somebody to Love." An R&B singer named De Rico claims that he and his songwriting partner played their version for Usher, and then Usher took it to Bieber, and the pair stole it, reports Reuters and TMZ. A lower court dismissed the case, but the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals today put it back in motion. "After listening to the (De Rico) song and the Bieber and Usher songs as wholes, we conclude that their choruses are similar enough and also significant enough that a reasonable jury could find the songs intrinsically similar," wrote Judge Pamela Harris. She added that the lyric "somebody to love" has an "almost identical rhythm and a strikingly similar melody."