Ed Sheeran told the Manhattan court that he would be “done” with the music if found guilty in the plagiarism trial.
Is Ed Sheeran serious? On Monday (May 1), the singer told the Manhattan court that he would be “done” with the music if found guilty in the plagiarism trial, as quoted by NME.
Ed Sheeran is currently fighting before a jury in a copyright lawsuit relating to his 2015 song “Thinking Out Loud.” Composer Ed Townsend’s heirs accuse the 32-year-old of using harmonic, melodic and rhythmic elements from Marvin Gayes “Let’s Get It On”in which Townsend was also involved, for his song “Thinking Out Loud” to have copied. As early as the second day of the hearing (April 25), Sheeran pointed out that pop songs often share chord progressions and other elements. These are not protected by copyright.
The trial began on April 24 in New York. On the second day of the trial, the plaintiffs’ lawyers presented a video of Ed Sheeran playing a mash-up of the two songs concerned on stage as evidence.
On the second day of the hearing, Sheeran pointed out that pop songs often share chord progressions and other elements. These are not protected by copyright. As “ABC” reported, the Grammy Award winner incorporated a small vocal number into his performance in court. He sang the original lyrics to his song, “I’m singing out now.” Sheeran also testified that he writes most of his songs in a day. The Halifax native testified that he didn’t even think about “Let’s Get It On” during the making of “Thinking Out Loud.” Like many of his other tracks, this one was co-written with Amy Wadge. “We sat next to each other with our guitars…We wrote quite a lot together,” Sheeran is quoted as saying by ABC.