Ed Sheeran Found Not Liable in Marvin Gaye Rip-Off Trial

The jury has spoken in Ed Sheeran‘s copyright trial — he is been discovered not responsible for ripping off one among Marvin Gaye‘s classics, “Let’s Get It On.”

The singer obtained the decision on Thursday in a Manhattan federal court docket after a jury made the choice.

As we reported, the property of Ed Townsend, co-writer of “Let’s Get it On,” slapped the lawsuit on Sheeran … alleging the 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud” ripped key parts of the 1973 Marvin Gaye basic — claiming a number of features just like the melody and even concord had been a match.

Sheeran was current in court docket for the authorized battle, and even testified through the trial … a part of it in the type of a tune! He pulled out his guitar and performed the tune in query throughout his time on the stand as a technique to present them his artistic course of.

He testified Marvin’s tune was nowhere close to his or his co-writer Amy Wadge‘s minds after they introduced his observe to life … claiming he would not actually put a ton of time into crafting his tracks and simply pulls inspiration from no matter’s happening in his life on the time.

It was a transfer that some thought may go a great distance — having a star play for the tremendous small crowd for certain had the potential to sway the jury. He additionally testified he’d be “quite an idiot to stand on a stage in front of 20,000 people” after ripping off a basic.