Suffolk-born star Ed Sheeran was among those who gave evidence in court in Manhattan over a lawsuit alleging his 2014 hit Thinking Out Loud violated the copyright for Marvin Gaye’s classic 1973 song Let’s Get It On.
Ed Sheeran has won his copyright trial over similarities between his hit single Thinking Out Loud and the Marvin Gaye 1973 classic Let’s Get It On.
Sheeran was accused of ripping off part of the famed soul track Gaye created with fellow songwriter Ed Townsend in a lawsuit originally filed by heirs of Townsend in 2017.
They alleged the British star’s hit 2014 number one has “striking similarities” to Let’s Get It On and “overt common elements” that infringe their copyright.
On Thursday, a New York jury decided that Sheeran did not infringe copyright of Let’s get It On, Reuters reported
