State of ‘Let’s Get It On’ co-writer drops appeal in Ed Sheeran ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copyright battle
The estate of Ed Townsend, co-writer of Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On, have formally ended their court battle with Ed Sheeran over their claims that Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud copied the iconic 1970s R&B song. A jury in a federal court in Manhattan ruled in favor of Sheeran in May, rejecting the Townsend estate’s assertion that Sheeran’s 2014 hit Thinking Out Loud “copied the heart” of Gaye’s 1973 hit Let’s Get It On. That led to the Townsend estate […]
