Thinking Sheeran

Ed Sheeran Prevails in US Copyright Infringement Trial Over ‘Thinking Out Loud’

Ed Sheeran successfully defended against a US copyright infringement claim brought by the estate of Ed Townsend, co-writer of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On.’ The six-day 2023 trial in Manhattan concluded with a jury finding that Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ did not unlawfully copy protected elements of the 1973 clas…