ED HELD HIGH
Irish Daily Mirror|May 05, 2023
Sheeran copyright win as jurors rule he did not copy Gaye track
MIKE BEDIGAN
ED HELD HIGH

ED Sheeran yesterday told of his joy after a US jury ruled he did not copy part of a Marvin Gaye hit on his Thinking Out Loud track. 

The singer had been sued by the family of Ed Townsend who co-wrote the 1973 soul classic Let’s Get It On.

They claimed musical progressions in Sheeran’s hit bore “striking similarities” to Gaye’s version.

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