After just three hours of deliberation, Ed Sheeran has officially won his copyright infringement trial.
The ruling was passed down on May 4 that Sheeran did not copy Marvin Gaye’s 1973 hit song “Let’s Get It On” for his track “Thinking Out Loud.”
According to ABC News, Sheeran hugged his attorneys when he found out the news. He then made a statement outside of the courthouse.
“I’m obviously very happy with the outcome of the case. And it looks like I’m not having to retire from my day job after all,” the singer said.
“But at the same time, I’m unbelievably frustrated that baseless claims like this are allowed to go to court at all,” he continued.
As for the plaintiffs, they declined to make a statement about the case and the ruling that was brought down.
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The lawsuit began in 2016 when Gaye’s co-writer on the hit, Ed Townsend, had claimed that Sheeran’s song and the song that Townsend co-wrote were very similar. However, Sheeran’s legal team argued that there was no intentional copying, only coincidence.
Sheeran took the stand during the trail, where he sang and played guitar. At one point, he performed “Thinking Out Loud” and did a mashup with “Let’s Get It On” to demonstrate the commonality of the four-chord progression.
During the course of the rail, Sheeran shared that if he was found guilty, he would be quitting music.
“If that happens, I’m done, I’m stopping,” he said. “I find it really insulting to devote my whole life to being a performer and a songwriter and have someone diminish it.”
This is not the first lawsuit that Sheeran had encountered over the course of his career. He was previously won a copyright infringement case last year involving “Shape of You.”
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