The lawsuit was brought by the family ofLet’s Get It On‘s late co-writer, Ed Townsend, claiming that Sheeran’s song copied the rhythm, chord progression and other elements of Gaye’s 1973 track. The prosecution also displayed a video of Sheeran playing a mash-up ofThinking Out Loudand...
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has emerged victorious after a years-long legal battle over one of his most popular songs. Sheeran's trial came to a close as jurors concluded he did not steal key elements of Marvin Gaye's 1973 classic, "Let's Get It On," to create his Grammy-winning 2014...
Ed Sheeran releases statement following Shape Of You copyright lawsuit after judge rules he did not rip off Sami Chokri Criticising "damaging" copyright claims, Sheeran said: "There's only so many notes and very few chords used in pop music. Coincidence is bou...
Ed Sheeran has won a copyright lawsuit over his song "Shape of You." Artist Sami Chokri, known as Sami Switch, claimed Sheeran's 2017 hit plagiarized his 2015 song "Oh Why."After an 11-day trial, judge ruled Sheeran had "neither deliberately nor subconsciously copied" Chokri's song and...
Back in 2016, Sheeran was hit with a $20 million lawsuit (later settled out of court) for his alleged copying of Matt Cardle's single "Amazing." Sheeran has also faced similar claims from the songwriters behind TLC's "No Scrubs" and Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On." "When questioned...
lawsuit brought in 2017 by the heirs of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote “Let’s Get It On” (1973) withMarvin Gaye. Townsend’s heirsallegedthat Sheeran had copied elements of the older song for use in “Thinking Out Loud,” which Sheeran denied. During the 2023 trial, he and his defense...
Ed Sheeran is facing a copyright lawsuit with an upcoming trial over claims he copied Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On" for his own "Thinking Out Loud.
Ed Sheeranwas found not liable inthe copyright lawsuit trialthat accused his song “Thinking Out Loud” of infringing onMarvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get it On.” After three hours of deliberations that followed a two-week trial in New York from April to May, the jury announced their verdict in...
Jurors said they found Sheeran had independently created "Thinking Out Loud," which trumped all other decisions they had to make. The heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye's co-writer on the track "Let's Get It On," filed a lawsuit in 2017 claiming Sheeran's 2014 hit had "striking similarities" ...
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