Ed Sheeran has won a lawsuit that accused him of plagiarising Marvin Gaye’s classic song Let’s Get It On for his Grammy Award-winning single Thinking Out Loud.
Ed Sheeran has won a lawsuit that accused him of plagiarising Marvin Gaye’s classic songAfter three hours of deliberations, a jury on Thursday found in favour of Sheeran, who had hinted in court earlier this week that he might quit music if he was found guilty of ripping off parts of Gaye’s song.
Kathryn Griffin-Townsend, daughter of Ed Townsend who co-wrote the song “Lets Get It On”, centre, speaks to members of the media at federal court in New York on Tuesday, April 25.Lets Get It On During the trial, their attorney, Ben Crump, showed what he called “smoking gun” evidence: video from a Sheeran concert where he mergedCredit:In his defence, Sheeran replied: “If I had done what you’re accusing me of doing I’d be quite an idiot to stand on stage in front of 25,000 people.”
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