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Jamie Roberts

Ed Sheeran's statement in full as he 'refuses to be a piggy bank to shake' after court win

Ed Sheeran has hit out at people for making "baseless claims" against artists following his copyright trial victory.

The hitmaker, 32, had been in a US court for almost two weeks after being accused of copyright infringement for his 2014 track, Thinking Out Loud.

He had been sued by the heirs of the late Ed Townsend, who is credited as having written Marvin Gaye 's song Let's Get It On, which was released in 1973.

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