A Verdict Has Been Reached In The Ed Sheeran Legal Battle. Here's What We Know.

ICYMI, Ed Sheeran has been in a legal battle with Marvin Gaye over the song “Thinking Out Loud.”

Marvin Gaye claims that Ed copied his song “Let’s Get It On” when writing the music for the mega hit “Thinking Out Loud.”

Ed Sheeran was adamant that he didn’t even consider “Let’s Get It On” when coming up with the music and lyrics for his song.

He was so unwavering about his innocence, he said he would give up music altogether if the lawsuit didn’t go in his favor.

Ed even took the time to take his guitar onto the stand to give examples of his innocence.

Well, it worked out in his favor, because he WON the lawsuit!

Ed seemed very pleased with the verdict and gave everyone on his legal team a big hug.
Eyewitness at the courthouse

Ed Sheeran was quick to put out a release about the verdict of the lawsuit:

I am obviously very happy with the outcome of the case, and it looks like I’m not going to have to retire from my day job after all — but, at the same time, I am unbelievably frustrated that baseless claims like this are allowed to go to court at all.
Ed Sheeran

We have spent the last eight years talking about two songs with dramatically different lyrics, melodies and four chords which are also different and used by songwriters every day, all over the world. These chords are common building blocks which were used to create music long before ‘Let’s Get It On’ was written and will be used to make music long after we are all gone.
Ed Sheeran

They are a songwriter’s ‘alphabet’, our tool kit and should be there for us all to use. No-one owns them, or the way they are played, in the same way, nobody owns the color blue.
Ed Sheeran

Unfortunately, unfounded claims like this one are being fueled by individuals who are offered as experts in musical analysis. In this instance, the other side’s musicologist left out words and notes, presented simple (and different) pitches as melody, creating misleading comparisons and disinformation to find supposed similarities where none exist.
Ed Sheeran

They tried to manipulate my and [my co-writer] Amy [Wadge]’s song to try to convince the jury that they had a genuine claim, and I am very grateful that the jury saw through those attempts.
Ed Sheeran

By stopping this practice, we can also properly support genuine music copyright claims so that legitimate claims are rightly heard and resolved.
Ed Sheeran