The singer is being sued for plagiarizing “Thinking Out Loud” from Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On”.
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Sheeran, who is taking a break from music, is already being sued for more than £13m for allegedly copying a song released by X Factor victor Matt Cardle.
The lawsuit came two months after California-based musicians sued Sheeran for $20 million over his hit song “Photograph” in an unrelated case.
(Radio.com) The family of Ed Townsend has filed a lawsuit against pop star Ed Sheeran claiming his hit “Thinking Out Loud” borrows from the Marvin Gaye’s classic “Let’s Get It On”. The case was filed in the Southern District of NY federal court, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
“The Defendants copied the “heart” of “Let’s” and repeated it continuously throughout “Thinking, ‘” the lawsuit said”. It also claimed that the musician continued to perform the song even after being informed of the alleged infringement previous year. “The melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic compositions of ‘Thinking” are substantially and/or strikingly similar to the drum composition of ‘Let’s'”. That prompts Townsend’s heir to file a lawsuit and asked for compensation, according to the Mercury News.
The suit also names Thinking Out Loud co-writer Amy Wadge, as well as producer Jake Gosling, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Atlantic Records and Warner Bros.
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A jury in Los Angeles previous year awarded $7 million to Gaye’s family after agreeing that “Blurred Lines”, Robin Thicke’s hit written with Pharrell Williams, copied from the soul icon’s 1977 “Got to Give It Up”. The judge ordered the defendant to pay $7.4 million for the damages for the song “Blurred Lines”.
