Ed Sheeran shortly risk of receiving a hefty, very salty. While he had been accused of plagiarism it two months ago by two American artists who accused him of having loosely based on one of their pipes for his title Photograph , the British singer found again in turmoil for a similar case.
As reported by AFP, today the heirs of the author of the mega hit Let’s Get it on , played by Marvin Gaye and co-wrote with musician Ed Townsend, who point the finger for his hit Thinking Out Loud . In a complaint filed Tuesday with a federal court in New York, the plaintiffs claim that the 25 year old artist was largely inspired legendary artists now disappeared. “ The melody, harmony and rhythm composition of ‘Thinking’ look substantially, even striking composition for battery ‘let’s “, claim the heirs of Ed Townsend, who the copyright holders.
in their testimony, they also reported that the BFF Taylor Swift had ignored their warnings and had even clearly mentioned Let’s Get it on concert in Zurich (Switzerland) in 2014. During his show, including Ed Sheeran had interpreted his song before gradually slipping on notes Let’s Get It on on his guitar. An episode that complainants have much use to convince jurors that will have to charge to decide between the two parties.
personal capacity Quoted in the complaint, Ed Sheeran has not yet commented on this case. For their part, Ed Townsend heirs did not indicate the amount of damages claimed they wanted. Obviously, this story echoes that of the heirs of Marvin Gaye. Last year, they were awarded $ 7.4 million (later reduced to $ 2 million) by a jury who believed that the title Blurred Lines Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams was freely inspired by the song Got to Give it Up.
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