Now Ed Sheeran accused of plagiarising Marvin Gaye!

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Actually, in the eyes of the law, it is an argument with merit, thanks to the ridiculous Blurred Lines decision, which saw Thicke and Pharrell losing for appropriating the feel of Got To Give It Up.

And there are closer musical similarities between Thinking Out Loud and Let's Get It On. It's clearly a nod to the Gaye song, but with an alteration of the 2nd chord in the chord progression.

Ed was also often performing Thinking Out Loud and seguing into Let's Get It On. That's how this lawsuit has come about. He effectively acknowledged its influence on his song. A stupid move.

Again this is stupid. Please show exactly where in the song [[melody and chord structure ONLY) was copied from "Let's Get It On." If one of you say "listen to the bass, tempo, rhythm track, the feeling, etc." you have no argument with any merit.

[marv2]

Ed Sheeran's song/video has over 2 billion views. This should be taken into account when they get to the award/settlement phase.

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Some interesting facts here as it relates to Ed Sheeran:

Comparisons between songs

Mr Townsend's family were looking forward to the case being heard in court, their lawyer Pat Frank told Reuters.

They say that Sheeran and the record companies "copied the heart of Let's and repeated it continuously throughout Thinking", according to court papers filed in 2016.

In 2017 Sheeran settled a $20m copyright infringement claim against him in the US, over his hit song Photograph.

Songwriters Thomas Leonard and Martin Harrington had sued the singer in 2016, claiming his hit ballad had a similar structure to their song Amazing.

Also in 2017, the team behind TLC's 1999 single No Scrubs were given writing credits on Ed Sheeran's Shape of You. It came after critics and fans made comparisons between elements of the songs.

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