A recent court ruling in New York found that Ed Sheeran did not commit copyright infringement when writing his hit song “Thinking Out Loud,” despite accusations that it shared similarities with Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” The lawsuit was brought by the heirs of songwriter Ed Townsend, who co-wrote the 1973 hit with Gaye. During the trial, Sheeran demonstrated how he writes a song and argued that any similarities were due to shared chord progressions available to songwriters. Sheeran has previously been involved in another copyright battle over his song “Shape of You,” which he won in a UK court last year. Despite being happy with the outcomes of these trials, Sheeran has expressed concern that such claims are becoming too common and are a threat to the songwriting industry.
