Ed Sheeran has won a US court case after being accused of copying a Marvin Gaye song for his hit Thinking Out Loud. Sheeran was hit with a copyright lawsuit which alleged he had plagiarised Gaye's track Let's Get It On.
The British musician was taken to court by the family of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s co-writer of the 1973 soul classic. They claimed that Sheeran’s 2014 song, written with collaborator Amy Wadge, bore “striking similarities” and “overt common elements” to Let’s Get It On.
Following a trial in New York, jurors found he had not infringed on the family’s copyright interest in Gaye’s song. The proceedings included several live singing performances by Sheeran.
