The lawsuit was brought by the family of the late"Let's Get It On" co-writer Ed Townsend. The suit claimed that Sheeran took the rhythm, chord progression and other elements for his 2014 song"Thinking Out Loud" from the 1973 soul classic without permission.of his songs and Gaye's during his testimony in court in order to demonstrate how common the four-chord progression was for his hit and others.
"I'd been wanting to do it for ages since it came out, but you have to do due diligence in court," Sheeran said about his in-court performance."So I just waited and knew that I would have my day to explain it and didn't rush anything." A Manhattan jury reached its decision in the case on Thursday, siding with Sheeran after three hours of deliberation.Recording artist Ed Sheeran departs after speaking to the media outside New York Federal Court, May 4, 2023, in New York.After winning the lawsuit, Sheeran told reporters outside Manhattan federal court on Thursday that the songs have"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," Sheeran said."They are in a songwriter's 'alphabet,' our toolkit, and should be there for all of us to use. No one owns them or the way they are played, in the same way that nobody owns the color blue.
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