The "Thinking Out Loud" Copyright tral against Marvin Gaye might be prompting a huge shift in Ed Sheeran's career. As prosecution continues to strengthen their case against the Grammy-winning singer proving that he infringed on Gaye's song "Let's Get It On" in creating his smash hit, "Thinking Out Loud," Sheeran is mulling on an important career move.
Sued by the heirs of Ed Townsend, the co-writer of Marvin Gaye's song, Ed Sheeran faces his second copyright infringement trial not more than a year after he won his first won.
Ed Sheeran Quitting Music?
According to a statement from the singer via The Daily Mail, he gave an ominous declaration that if he lost this copyright trial for one of the biggest songs in his music career - he might be forced to do something that many of his fans wouldn't like.
"If that happens, I'm done, I'm stopping," Sheeran revealed to the Manhattan court about his music career and the toll that the said copyright trial is taking on him.
In the past, Sheeran has also expressed the financial, physical, and mental stress that the "Shape of You" trial has brought to him. Now, it seems like the same amount of stress is washing down the shore again.
"I find it really insulting to devote my whole life to being a performer and a songwriter and have someone diminish it," he furthered.
Earlier, Sheeran slammed the musicologist who took the stand and proclaimed that the song "Thinking Out Loud," was "very very similar" and had the same harmonic rhythm as "Let's Get It On."
He described Alexander Stewart, the musicologist's statements to be "criminal" and "insulting."
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Ed Sheeran 'Confessed' To Copying?
In the earlier proceedings, the prosecution's lawyers said that Sheeran has already "confessed" to copying the song, citing a performance he did in 2014 in Switzerland where he mashed up the two songs together - seamlessly transitioning from one song to the other.
To defend this, Ed Sheeran performed songs by Nina Simone, Van Morrison, Bill Withers, and even Stevie Wonder to demonstrate that the rhythm and chords that the plaintiffs deemed that Sheeran copied were found on several pop songs.
Why is Ed Sheeran Sued?
Heirs of Ed Townsend, the co-writer of Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On," is suing Sheeran for allegedly copying the rhythm of the song as well as the four chord sequence that can also be found on several pop songs throughout history.
The Townsends have also noted the "striking similarities" between the two songs that were said to have violated the copyright of the 1973 song.
The same thing happened in 2022 when his other hit song, "Shape of You," was sued for allegedly copying another track. In a statement, Sheeran had this to say:
"It's really damaging to the songwriting industry. There's only so many notes and very few chords used in pop music. Coincidence is bound to happen if 60,000 songs are being released every day on Spotify."
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