, Bandung – Ed Sheeran has won a trial on a lawsuit on the part of Martin Gaye. One of his hit songs, Thinking Out Loud, has been accused of plagiarizing Martin Gaye’s classic Let’s Get It On. The jury found Sheeran did not plagiarize the song on May 4, 2023.
Tuduh Thinking Out Loud Hasil Plagiat Let’s Get It On
Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud song has been accused of plagiarizing Martin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On song
The lawsuit against Ed Sheeran comes from the side of Ed Townsend, co-author of the song Let’s Get It On by Martin Gaye. Townsend’s party accused Thinking Out Loud, which became Sheeran’s hit song in 2014, of plagiarizing the chord pattern or the so-called “heart” of the song.
The trial ran for two weeks in a courtroom in Manhattan. When Sheeran testified, he sang Thinking Out Loud while playing his guitar before the jury. The Bad Habits singer also admitted that her hit song had been made independently with her friend Amy Wadge.
In addition, Sheeran and his lawyers have never disputed that the two songs have similar chords, but consider them to be the chords most often found in thousands of other songs.
The Lego House singer also admitted that he would retire from a career in the music world if he lost the trial.
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Jury Finds Ed Sheeran Not Plagiarized
On the final day of the trial, May 4, 2023, the jury discussed for three hours. They stated that Ed Sheeran had not been proven to have plagiarized the classic Martin Gaye song, but instead made the song Thinking Out Loud independently.
The New York Times reported that Sheeran approached Kathryn Griffin Townsend, Ed Townsend’s daughter. The two of them chatted briefly before Townsend respected the jury’s decision.
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Ed Sheeran speaks to the press after winning a trial
“I’m really happy with the result, and it seems I won’t be retiring from my day job at all. We’ve spent the last eight years talking about two songs with dramatically different lyrics, melodies and four different chords that songwriters around the world use every day,” Sheeran said in a statement to the press.
Previously, Sheeran also won a trial over the claim that the song Shape of You was a plagiarism of Oh Why by Sami Chokri last year. Meanwhile, Ed Sheeran’s latest album, – (Subtract), will be released on May 5, 2023.
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