Ed Sheeran is expected to testify in a trial that will decide whether his song 'Thinking Out Loud' plagiarized the Marvin Gaye classic 'Let's Get It On.'
‘I have a real eating problem,’ Ed Sheeran says. The musician detailed fraught relationships with food, alcohol, drugs and his body for Rolling Stone.— who represents the Townsend family but is not participating in the trial — has claimed that Sheeran “blatantly took a Black artist’s music who he doesn’t view as worthy as compensation,” echoing accusations leveled in the past against famed white musicians such as the Beatles and Elvis Presley.
Though both tracks rely on romantic themes, the jury will be instructed to ignore elements such as lyrics and tone while comparing only the musical foundations of “Thinking Out Loud” and “Let’s Get It On.” This is not Sheeran’s first copyright-infringement battle. Last year, he won a case in the United Kingdom targeting his 2017 smash “Shape of You.” He also faced a $20-million lawsuit in 2016 over his song “Photograph.”Author David Ritz reflects on two of his literary subjects: the great soul singer Marvin Gaye and his late ex-wife and inspiration, Janis Gaye.
“I feel like claims like this are way too common now and have become a culture where a claim is made with the idea that a settlement will be cheaper than taking it to court, even if there is no basis for the claim,” Sheeran said in a video shared last year on social media. “It’s really damaging to the songwriting industry.”
By bringing this case, Townsend’s family members are following in the footsteps of Gaye’s heirs, who previously won $7.4 million after suing Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams for modeling their chart-topping single “Blurred Lines” after Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up.”
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