Ed Sheeran, a British artist, publishes an album practically soon after winning a copyright case over Marvin Gaye’s song “Let’s Get It On.”
The heirs of Ed Townsend’s estate took the British artist to court, saying that the singer’s 2014 hit tune ‘Thinking Out Loud’ was similar to Gaye’s classic track.
Ed Sheeran, who promised to stop music if he lost the lawsuit, won the copyright case in the United States and immediately launched a new album titled ‘Subtract’.
Speaking after his victory, Sheeran said:
“We’ve 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 create music long after we are all gone.“They are in a songwriter’s alphabet, our toolkit, and should be there for all of us to use.”