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 […]
