Ed Sheeran took the stand yesterday to testify in a copyright infringement trial.
He’s being accused of copying ‘Let’s Get It On’ by Marvin Gaye in his song ‘Thinking Out Loud.’
The family of the late Ed Townsend are the ones that are suing. Ed Townsend, who died in 2003, co-wrote ‘Let’s Get It On’ with Marvin Gaye, who passed away in 1984.
Here are the 2 songs back to back, what do you think?
I’ve watched a few videos about this and most experts are agreeing that while they are similar, they are not identical. It is also noted that the Chord progression that Ed uses is fairly common and not something that any artists holds the rights to.
