Ed Sheeran Sued for Allegedly Copying Marvin Gaye

Ed Sheeran Sued for Allegedly Copying Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’

Ed Sheeran has been hit with another copyright infringement lawsuit, this one filed by the heirs of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” Reuters reports.The Townsend family claims that Sheeran’s Grammy-winning song “Thinking Out Loud” uses harmonic progressions, and melodic and rhythmic elements central to “Let’s Get It On.”