Ed Sheeran has agreed to fight a legal case against ‘Thinking Out Loud’ is a copy of the 1973 classic, with the case set to go on trial for a week!
Ed Sheeran to seem in court for ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copyright lawsuit. Read the Ed Sheeran news below.
The ‘Shape of You’ hitmaker Ed Sheeran is expected to take the stand in a case that claims his music ‘Thinking Out Loud’ violate copyright.
A 2014 hit tune has reached number one in the UK charts – but there have been claims it infringes the copyright of Marvin Gaye’s classic ‘Let’s Get It On’, reports mirror.co.uk.
Opening statements and jury selection are now to begin in a case in which Ed Townsend’s successor, Gaye’s co-writer on the 1973 soul classic, claims Ed Sheeran’s song has “striking similarities” to the soul classic.
The case was originally filed in 2017 and the battle is currently expected to last a week in a Manhattan federal courtroom.
According to the mirror.co.uk website, It has been a hot topic since its release 50 years ago, attracting millions of streams, spins, and radio plays over the decades.
The theme of Ed Sheeran won a Grammy for Song of the Year, and it’s more of a musing on love and sex than it is in question.
It is also expected that the music will be played in front of the jury at several events, but it is believed that the lyrics will be legally immaterial.