Ed Sheeran won a case against 'Let's Get It On' co-writer Ed Townsend's heirs regarding similarities with his song 'Thinking Out Loud'
. “If that happens, I’m done, I’m stopping,” he testified earlier this week. “I find it really insulting to devote my whole life to being a performer and a songwriter and have someone diminish it.” To add insult to injury, he missed his own
to be present at a trial over a claim he clearly thought was bogus. His argument against the suit was that much of pop music shares similar chord progressions.Though Sheeran has prevailed in this case, the amount of similar song-based copyright cases seems to be increasing.
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