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Ed Sheeran testified in the present day on the extremely publicized copyright trial<\/a> alleging he copied Marvin Gaye\u2019s \u201cLet\u2019s Get It On\u201d to create 2014\u2019s \u201cThinking Out Loud.\u201d Appearing at federal courtroom in Manhattan, Sheeran stated he and co-writer Amy Wadge had created \u201cThinking Out Loud\u201d independently, as reported by the New York Times<\/a>. \u201cYes, Amy Wadge and I wrote the song \u2018Thinking Out Loud,’\u201d Sheeran testified, including that the track was impressed by his grandparents. <\/p>\n Sheeran was first sued in 2016 by the property and heirs of the late Ed Townsend, who co-wrote \u201cLet\u2019s Get It On\u201d with Marvin Gaye. He can be going through a second lawsuit over the track from Structured Asset Sales LLC, which owns one-third of Townsend\u2019s property.<\/p>\n In his opening assertion, Ben Crump, a lawyer representing the plaintiffs, pointed to a fan video<\/a> from a Sheeran live performance the place the singer performs a mash-up of \u201cThinking Out Loud\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s Get It On.\u201d \u201cThat concert video is a confession,\u201d stated Crump.<\/p>\n When questioned in regards to the mash-up, Sheeran replied, \u201cMost pop songs can fit over most pop songs. I\u2019m just mashing up a song with another song.\u201d Sheeran additionally said he had first heard \u201cLet\u2019s Get It On\u201d in an Austin Powers<\/em> film (doubtless The Spy Who Shagged Me<\/em>, which options that track sync<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Kathryn Griffin Townsend, the daughter of Ed Townsend, took the stand. She advised the jury that she\u2019d been reluctant to sue Sheeran, whom she known as \u201ca great artist with a great future\u201d and that she was not a \u201ccopyright troll.\u201d Ultimately, \u201cI have to protect my father\u2019s legacy,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n Sheeran is predicted to take the stand once more through the trial.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n