Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran wins US copyright lawsuit

Ed Sheeran is delighted by the outcome of this lawsuit.

According to NBC News, a court jury in New York determined on May 4 that the artist is not responsible in a copyright infringement complaint that claimed his song “Thinking Out Loud” contained “overt common components” and “striking resemblance” to Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.”

According to an AFP reporter inside the Manhattan federal courthouse, Sheeran got up and gave his team a big hug when jurors decided that he “independently” wrote his song.

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The 32-year-old, Ed Sheeran sang a variety of songs while testifying in the legal case.

According to the English artist, he writes the majority of his songs in a single day.

After the decision, Ed Sheeran considered his legal triumph:

“I am obviously very happy with the outcome of the case, and it looks like I’m not going to have to retire from my day job after all.”

In a statement sent to the news source, he made this declaration in reference to his earlier vow that he would stop performing music if he lost.

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“But, at the same time, I am unbelievably frustrated that baseless claims like this are allowed to go to court at all,” he continued.

“Thinking Out Loud” won Grammy Song of the Year Award

In 2014 was the release of “Thinking Out Loud” by the four-time Grammy winner.

When it was released, Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” rocketed up the Billboard Hot 100 charts in America and earned him the 2016 Grammy Award for Song of the Year.

The complaint against Ed Sheeran was brought in 2017 by the heirs of Ed Townsend, the musician who collaborated with Gaye to write the 1973 smash song “Let’s Get It On,” and who was charged with breaking the Copyright Act, according to NBC News.

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Sheeran, however, refuted the claims made in the case and contended that musicians employ a standard set of chords when writing songs.

The plaintiffs reportedly declined to comment outside the courthouse after the decision was made, according to NBC News.

This article was originally published by More Mabandi.