Ed Sheeran opens up about copyright infringement trial, new album

that alleged he copied the Marvin Gaye song "Let's Get It On" when he wrote his Grammy-winning hit "Thinking Out Loud."

"And that was just, like, scratching the surface," he added. "It was very quick to see that and be like, 'Oh, yeah.'"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.

A Manhattan jury reached its decision in the case on Thursday, siding with Sheeran after three hours of deliberation.

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