US jury sides with Ed Sheeran in 'Let's Get It On' copyright trial

The jury determined that heirs of"Let's Get It On" songwriter Ed Townsend had not proven that Ed Sheeran, his label Warner Music Group and his music publisher Sony Music Publishing had infringed their copyright interest in the Marvin Gaye song. FILE PHOTO

The jury determined that heirs of "Let's Get It On" songwriter Ed Townsend had not proven that Sheeran, his label Warner Music Group WMG.O and his music publisher Sony Music Publishing had infringed their copyright interest in the Gaye song.Townsend's heirs sued Sheeran for copyright infringement in 2017, contending that "Thinking Out Loud" copied the "heart" of Gaye's song including its melody, harmony and rhythm.

Sheeran on the witness stand played the chord progression to "Thinking Out Loud" and sang the opening words: "When your legs don't work like they used to." Sheeran testified that his friend and collaborator Amy Wadge first started strumming the chords for the song during a visit to his home in England, and that they collaborated on the lyrics.

Sheeran testified that singers frequently perform such "mash ups," and that he had on other occasions combined his song with Van Morrison's "Crazy Love" and Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You."Gaye, who died in 1984, collaborated with Townsend, who died in 2003, to write "Let's Get It On," which topped the Billboard charts. Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2015.

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