Ed Sheeran’s copyright trial

The federal court in Manhattan has been privy to witnessing English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran’s trial after being accused of copying American R&B singer Marvin Gaye’s soul classic “Let’s Get It On” (1973). The family of Ed Townsend (Gaye’s co-writer) filed the suit in 2017 against Sheeran’s Grammy-winning ballad “Thinking Out Loud” (2014).  

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